[Foundation-l] Proposed revised attribution language

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Mon Mar 16 00:17:01 UTC 2009


geni wrote:
> 2009/3/15 Charlotte Webb :
>   
>> On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Ray Saintonge  wrote:
>>     
>>>> If the people producing the mugs want that they are free to produce a
>>>> version of the history on their servers or more legally more solid
>>>> include a sheet of paper with a complete list of authors with the mug.
>>>>         
>>> It's hard to know who's being serious here.
>>>       
>> Indeed, would I be violating the GFDL if I open the box, throw away
>> the paper, but keep the mug...
>>     
> No. Only if you then give the mug to someone else, make copies and
> give those to someone else or err publicly perform the mug.
>
>
>   
So, if I want to give to give a mug with an erotic description of the 
Kama Sutra to my girl friend, I also need to give her this list of 
authors.  Are there really people here who would be so law-abiding that 
they would threaten their love-life with that kind of anti-climax?

Ec




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