[WikiEN-l] Escaping the GDFL -- can it be done?

[geni]

On 3/2/06, Fastfission <fastfission at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/2/06, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Derivative works. One editor per article would be enough to really
> > mess things up.
>
> That's true, and would be a serious snag for, no doubt, many articles
> -- it also does not help this that many of those which are "most
> important" for encyclopedia are also the ones with the most edits.
> Though I wonder -- if an edit is reverted, does the editor still have
> the ability to claim authorship? I can see different answers to that,
> none of which I'm completely satisfied.
>

Under GFDL yes however they probably don't hold copyright (you know
original content creativity that stuff).

> At the very least, a change to the terms of use would at least prevent
> the issue for any articles created from that point forward, and would
> focus the problem on issues relating to editors who no longer
> contribute.
>
> FF

It is editors who are dead that would be the real issue.