If I'm correct, you need to attribute the authors in the edit summary, an HTML comment, or by any other means within the article. I do not believe that a link to another external history page is sufficient for GFDL attribution.
On Mon, 2009-01-05 at 20:27 +0100, Martijn Hoekstra wrote: > 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
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