[WikiEN-l] GFDL lawsuits - who can sue?

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Tue May 16 18:50:33 UTC 2006


Fastfission wrote:

>It seems to me that the most plausible place in which someone could
>use the GFDL in suing is if you re-used improperly re-used material.
>
>For example: Company X downloads GFDL material from Wikipedia but does
>not correctly comply with the terms of the GFDL. Company Y knows
>Company X's material is GFDL and re-uses it themselves. Company X sues
>Company Y; Company Y pulls out the GFDL, proves the material was
>originally licensed under it, counter-sues Company X for having
>claimed they had copyright control over something they they did not.
>
he-he-he.  That seems convoluted, but not improbable.  Can we expect the 
average contributor to follow this when his rights are violated?  What 
happens if this flares up in 50 years?

Ec




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