2009/1/5 <wjhon...@aol.com>: > <<In a message dated 1/5/2009 3:48:55 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, > geni...@gmail.com writes: > > Mostly because from time to time they have actually moved > content from one article from another (the rest of the time you can > nail them for persistently lying in edit summaries). Given the format > of the mediawiki software and the GFDL it is pretty much impossible to > do such merges without violating copyright>> > > Could you explain a bit more why you think that merges violate copyright? > Thanks > Will Johnson
When you merge the wording of the GFDL requires that you preserve the history (a really really bad choice of words). Can be done close enough through a history merge but most users don't/can't do that. -- geni _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
