From: "Jimmy Wales" jwales@joey.bomis.com
I think the mailing lists are not GFDL. They are in the same state as any normal mailing list anywhere, I guess. Whatever that is!
--Jimbo
Does it really matter? Will anyone be using these posts for anything other than fair use citations (which are no doubt fairly broad). Releasing under the GFDL does not make sense, already Google has usenet lists archived and I have seen various mailing lists available through various
What is the possible use of making it GFDL? Is someone going to publish a book of our various email discussions about various problem users, etc.?
I would use the same argument regarding page histories, they are probably not under the GFDL as these are retired files, why would one want someone to cite an out of date version of an article when a new one might be available? It does not say they are released under the GFDL on the page, so they may be covered by regular copyright law.
Alex756