[WikiEN-l] Aneurysm

[cohesion]

On 6/10/07, Oskar Sigvardsson <oskarsigvardsson at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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?

Only your work is dual-licensed if you choose to do this, not
everything. You aren't re-licensing the whole article. From
[[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing]]:

"Even if those who dual-license their contributions can be identified,
the dual-licensed content may not be useful. For example, only the
first, third and fifth words of a given sentence may be dual licensed,
while the rest are GFDL-only. Obviously, the dual-licensed content
would be of very little use."

So, it's mostly just a silly thing people do when they realize the
failures of GFDL. To actually use it in any real way would be
extremely difficult, unless, as you say, one person did an article in
its entirety.

Judson
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