On Sep 24, 2006, at 12:15 PM, Fastfission wrote:
We could even make it so that all users would be required to say that all of their previous content released under GFDL was similarly open to multilicensing.
Which not all users would, including some major contributors.
It would only create a minor mess at first. Everything could be assumed released as GFDL. Tools could be developed to scan an article for content which could be released as CC-BY-SA (for example, if it was one of the license approved by WMF).
Which becomes pure hell when you get to derivative works - particularly when you start with replacing content lost to the scan, and get into a wealth of "Was this based off of my not-CC-licensed paragraph on this topic or not" disputes, any and all of which could become litigious.
It's an idea which does the most work the sooner it is implemented, as well.
I agree. We should implement this sometime around 2001. 2002 at the latest.
-Phil