On 31 Oct 2002, at 8:37, Jimmy Wales wrote:
Axel Boldt wrote:
I agree with Imran that fair use materials in a
GFDL document are a
problem. In essence we tell our readers "we grant you the right to
do what you want with these materials, just follow the GFDL", but we
are in no position to make such an announcement: we don't own the
copyright to the fair use materials nor have we received permission
from the copyright holder. Our readers *cannot* do what they want
with them.
Like Cunctator says, invariant sections don't provide a way out.
There must be _something_ wrong with this analysis. If correct, then
we can't even quote sources. We can't quote a single line from any
book. That's obviously absurd, so there must be something wrong with
it.
IIRC. Copyright doesn't extend to short phrases or single
sentences.
I will write to Richard Stallman to ask about this.
I'm sure the FSF
lawyers thought of all this, and if there was a significant problem,
they would have provided for it in the license somehow.
Not necessarily, the GNU FDL was designed for software
documentation not for the kind of articles we're developing. So "fair
use" material may not have been considered.
Imran