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Re: [iesg-secretary #5457] Suggestions





--On torsdag, februar 13, 2003 11:38:13 -0800 Bill Fenner <fenner@research.att.com> wrote:


it's rare to have trouble with our copyright being too restrictive.
My read is the GNU FDL prevents restrictions other than the ones that
the FDL applies, so "this document itself may not be modified in any
way, except as needed for the  purpose of developing Internet standards"
may conflict with the GNU FDL's permission of unlimited derivative works.
However, my head spins when I try to actually resolve things like this
so I will leave it to the experts.  (And 2026 doesn't have a copyright
statement on it, so its status per se is relatively unclear [to me].)
actually what the Wikipedia does is creating a derived work, not a modified version... what's there doesn't claim to be 2026 or a revised version thereof.
I think that's allowed (but that using the text without attribution is probably illegal under the "copyright notice must be kept" part of the ISOC copyright). But yes, my head spins when dealing with this, too.....