On 6/10/07, David Mestel david.mestel@gmail.com wrote:
That requires a pretty twisted definition of "the Document", though, consisting of multiple dynamically generated pages
But presumably when I edit someone else's version of a page, I/Wikipedia am/is distributing a modified copy of the Document, so there needs to be a History section as part of it under section 4.I.
Along with a dozen other requirements which aren't followed.
However, there is another interpretation: that every version of an article is independently published as an *original* GFDL document, and therefore there is no need for a history section at all. Think of it this way: if 2 people worked together on a book and published it under the GFDL, they wouldn't need a history section outlining every single change each of them made to the work in progress (even if they happened to publish the works in progress). Now change 2 to 50 and apply it to a typical Wikipedia article.
Trying to apply the GFDL to Wikipedia is humorous sometimes...
Indeed...
David