[Wikipedia-l] Re: GFDL Clarification

[Magnus Manske]

Phil Boswell schrieb:
> "Timwi" <timwi at gmx.net> wrote in message 
> news:d7ajq0$887$1 at sea.gmane.org...
> [snip]
> 
>>Quite to the contrary, you only asked if the image could be used on 
>>Wikipedia, not whether they would license it under the GFDL or anything 
>>else. Therefore, they only agreed to using it on Wikipedia, and therefore 
>>it should not be used on Wikipedia because it isn't free.
> 
> 
> Am I the only person stunned by the complete lack of logical progression 
> here?
> 
> A) The owners of the image agreed for it to be used on Wikipedia
> B) Therefore it can't be.

The point is that we want others to be able to use Wikipedia material
under a free license (GFDL). If the permission is only for Wikipedia, it
excludes that use and, thus, shouldn't be used.

> Surely we can sort out our licensing system better than this 
> self-contradictory nonsense?

Sure we could, but the rest of the copyright-DRM-IP-crazy world wouldn't
go for it :-(

Magnus