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((Long ago. Seen no response yet. It is certainly a test case, though, albeit one which the current draft fails.)) ((Long ago. Seen no response yet. It is certainly a test case, though, albeit one which the current draft fails.))
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 +:Thanks for providing your feedback on this. The issue will be considered by at least one discussion committee, and then handled appropriately when the next draft is written; rationale for the decision will be provided as well. This is explained in [http://gplv3.fsf.org/process-definition the process document].
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 +:Given this, can we please consider editing the page to remove some of the commentary? As explained on [[Main Page]], we think the Wiki "should remain purely descriptive; opinions and comments about GPLv3 should go in the comment system." [[Test Cases]] explains that it's "a list of possible situations that GPL v3 licensed code might encounter, and how the current license draft handles those situations." Some of the page's content, like "[the clauses] should be rewritten as a requirement applying to a human," are more subjective and not really appropriate here, since they belong in the comment system. --[[User:brett|brett]] 21:01, 5 April 2006 (EDT)
Also, you wrote: Also, you wrote:

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Non-interactive Program with Affero clause seems to be more of a comment than a test case. Have you submitted your concerns to the comment system, at least?

((Long ago. Seen no response yet. It is certainly a test case, though, albeit one which the current draft fails.))

Thanks for providing your feedback on this. The issue will be considered by at least one discussion committee, and then handled appropriately when the next draft is written; rationale for the decision will be provided as well. This is explained in the process document.
Given this, can we please consider editing the page to remove some of the commentary? As explained on Main Page, we think the Wiki "should remain purely descriptive; opinions and comments about GPLv3 should go in the comment system." Test Cases explains that it's "a list of possible situations that GPL v3 licensed code might encounter, and how the current license draft handles those situations." Some of the page's content, like "[the clauses] should be rewritten as a requirement applying to a human," are more subjective and not really appropriate here, since they belong in the comment system. --brett 21:01, 5 April 2006 (EDT)

Also, you wrote:

(Incidentally, I dual-license this text under the GPL (any version), because the current version of the GFDL has serious design flaws. All edits to this page assumed to be licensed similarly.)

The text on the submission page (and in the footer of every page on the Wiki) states:

By contributing to any page on this wiki, you agree to assign copyright for your contribution to the Free Software Foundation. The Free Software Foundation promises to always use either a verbatim copying license or a free documentation license when publishing your contribution.
We grant you back all your rights under copyright, including the rights to copy, modify, and redistribute your contributions.

Can you please clarify your statement? If you'd like, you can say that you're licensing your contributions to the general public under the GNU GPL. However, since your current text talks about "dual-licensing," while you're not being forced to license anything, I'm worried about whether or not you understood the submission terms.

Of course, if you have any questions about them, feel free to contact me at brett@gnu.org, and I'll be happy to discuss them with you.

Thanks. --brett 08:47, 31 March 2006 (EST)

Now I'm worried about whether or not YOU understand the submission terms you're using. Have you cleared them with the FSF lawyers? Because they are legally suspect, and quite probably unenforcable.

"Please note that all contributions to GPLv3 Wiki are considered to be released under the GNU Free Documentation License 1.2 (see Project:Copyrights for details)." Now this is what I read initially, and this is all right; I assumed that this simply meant that all contributors licensed their contributions as such, which is a legally reasonable thing to do.

Now I've read the so-called "details". The statement "By contributing to any page on this wiki, you agree to assign copyright for your contribution to the Free Software Foundation." is simply incorrect. In the US, I cannot legally assign my copyright without a written, signed copyright assignment. I do not agree to fill out such paperwork, and I strongly suspect that such an implicit "requirement" cannot be made legally binding, as it would defeat the entire purpose of the law specifying that copyright assignments must be carried out in writing. For contributions to FSF software projects, these copyright assignments *are* carried out in writing for exactly this reason.

Please get some legal advice, quickly. I had assumed, mistakenly, that you were doing the sensible thing, rather than doing something legally suspect.

Our lawyers did advise us that this would be sufficient. Thanks for pointing out the different licensing text that was displayed on the edit form. We've clarified it so that it matches the footer. --johns 13:05, 2 April 2006 (EDT)