On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 8:21 PM, geni <[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/1/5 <[email protected]>: >> <<In a message dated 1/5/2009 3:48:55 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, >> [email protected] 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 > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l >
Won't it satisfy the licence just to point to the other articles history in the edit summary? _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
