[WikiEN-l] Aneurysm

[David Mestel]

Maybe it means that the diff is kind of in the public domain?  So if you
made a new section, for example, then that part would be in the PD? </wild
speculation>

David

On 10/06/07, Oskar Sigvardsson <oskarsigvardsson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 6/10/07, the wub <thewub.wiki at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > Some users license their contributions by placing a statement on their
> > user page. However they still have to release them under the GFDL
> > also, see [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing]]. For example I release my
> > edits into the public domain: [[User:The wub#Licensing]]. I'd say that
> > such a positive statement counts as a release, however a
> > misunderstanding of our copyright when submitting an edit probably
> > wouldn't.
>
> There is something I've been wondering about this whole
> multi-licensing thing, and now seems as good a time as any to ask: how
> can you multi-license your edits when the previous edits that you are
> modifying specifically states that you have to license your edits
> under the GFDL? I mean, if I edit a page that has previously been
> edited under the GFDL, I'm making a derivative work and then I'm not
> allowed to release my contributions into the public domain because the
> GFDL specifically says that you have to use it for derived works. If I
> were allowed to multi-license my own content that's based on others
> work, I would in effect be making their content more free, even though
> I don't hold the copyright to it.
>
> Obviously this doesn't apply when you write an article from scratch or
> rewrite an article completely, but those edits are in the minority.
>
> I just don't see how this whole multi-licensing thing is legal.
> [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing]] doesn't really address this directly, so
> could one of the smart legal minds on this list please enlighten me?
>
> --Oskar
>
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-- 
David