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On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 8:34 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> In a message dated 1/5/2009 11:21:59 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> [email protected] writes:
>
> 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.>>
>
>
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>
> If most users *can't* do this, then I'd say we really have no choice but to
> ignore that part of the GFDL.
>
> We are supposed to be writing a project that all users can write without
>  the
> threat of being sued for some obscure technical flaw.  If our software
> cannot compensate for that, that is the fault of the foundation, not of the
> editors.  Unless we are suddenly going to proclaim that "only bureaucrats
>  can
> merge!" or whatever.
>
> Will Johnson
>
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