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GFDL is an especially bad license for a wiki because, under a strict reading of the license, editors are obligated to treat any section of a page titled "Acknow
by duskwuff 3y ago
GFDL is an especially bad license for a wiki because, under a strict reading of the license, editors are obligated to treat any section of a page titled "Acknowledgements" or "Dedications" as append-only. Did a vandal create a section with that name and fill it with nonsense? Too bad! License says you can't touch it.
This is hardly even the craziest thing about the GFDL, but it's one of the most obviously problematic for a wiki.
- MichaelZuo 3y agoThis sounds almost like a joke... are you sure GFDL requires that?
- duskwuff 3y agoYes. Section 4 ("Modifications"), point K: > K. For any section Entitled "Acknowledgements" or "Dedications", [anyone copying a modified version of the document must] Preserve the Title of the section, and preserve in the section all the substance and tone of each of the contributor acknowledgements and/or dedications given therein.