[WikiEN-l] [mhollist at cox.net: RE: Use of content from Wikipedia]

[libertarian]

Here is my opinion on the issue. If others use contents from
Wikipedia, let them do so.

Suing them or intimidating them by threatening to appeal to
authority to use force on the users of information will make
those here no different from the corporate mafias which claim
to own informataion and hence others' brains.

It will be a violation of intellectual liberty to claim ownership
over something that is published. Once you publish it, it should
be for public. Don't give me legalese and try explaining what GPL
means. I know what it means. The whole idea of it originated as
something antithetical to the so called intellectual property
"rights" and there were causes to protect those using GPL from
being preyed upon by these predators.

Just because someone states on their page that they have the
copyright doesn't mean they have the copyright to the specific
arrangement of words. Let us not be mean-spirited. If you really
believe in freedom, you should believe in freedom to claim anything
silly too.

-libertarian

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