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'''GFDL concerns''' — the idea behind '''[[GNU Free Documentation License]]''' ('''GFDL''', '''GNU FDL''') is:– to make material public, freely available, in a [[:Category:Law|legalistic]], enforceable way. The purpose of [[:Category:Copyright|copyright]], as manifested in the [[:Category:United States|United States of America]] (USA) currently, is to restrict usage, to give the [[owner]] maximal control in perpetuity. GFDL is anti-copyright, an attempt to use the legal system and intellectual traditions to create a new class of material that is explicitly owned by us all in common, in perpetuity. Derived works of many sorts are supposed to be facilitated, with the proviso that they all must be made equally {{tag|Free content|free}} and available for future derived uses. | '''GFDL concerns''' — the idea behind '''[[GNU Free Documentation License]]''' ('''GFDL''', '''GNU FDL''') is:– to make material public, freely available, in a [[:Category:Law|legalistic]], enforceable way. The purpose of [[:Category:Copyright|copyright]], as manifested in the [[:Category:United States of America|United States of America]] (USA) currently, is to restrict usage, to give the [[owner]] maximal control in perpetuity. GFDL is anti-copyright, an attempt to use the legal system and intellectual traditions to create a new class of material that is explicitly owned by us all in common, in perpetuity. Derived works of many sorts are supposed to be facilitated, with the proviso that they all must be made equally {{tag|Free content|free}} and available for future derived uses. | ||
But there seem to be serious problems with carrying out this general concept for [[:Category:Wiki|wikis]], with little sign that the problems are being addressed, either by those using GFDL; or by the creators of the GFDL. Are the creators learning from how things are working out and trying to fix the problems? | But there seem to be serious problems with carrying out this general concept for [[:Category:Wiki|wikis]], with little sign that the problems are being addressed, either by those using GFDL; or by the creators of the GFDL. Are the creators learning from how things are working out and trying to fix the problems? | ||