[Foundation-l] Delete of Article History and GFDL

[Ray Saintonge]

geni wrote:
> 2008/9/14 Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net>:
>   
>> This is surely excessive.  Edits since the copyvio may very well have
>> bent the copyvio passages far out of recognition.  Remember too that
>> copyright does not apply to ideas, but to the expression of those ideas.
>>
>> Ec
>>     
> Problem is that they are are derivative works of a copyvio and if you
> try and remove the problematical intermediate edits you hit GFDL
> issues. This is why it is important to catch copyvios fast.
>   
Sure, it's self-evident that we should catch them early, but the longer 
the copyvio goes undetected the less likely it is that the copyvio will 
remain on the current edition.  Many of the intermediate edits may even 
be to completely unrelated parts of the article. 

Ec