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A related problem is that although the GFDL incorporates the concept of public, practical access to transparent computer files of the material, there does not seem to be a specific requirement to publish a unified database file of the entire GFDL material on a website, and few sites other than [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] offer such a public download. So, although a GFDL webpage may in theory be copiable, few would wish to hassle with spidering an entire website to collect all of the GFDL material, and most websites would take technical measures to slow or thwart such spidering. In cases where [[:Category:Wiki Creative Commons|Creative Commons]] (CC), GFDL, and other material is intermixed on a website, it might be impossible to automatically gather just the GFDL material externally. | A related problem is that although the GFDL incorporates the concept of public, practical access to transparent computer files of the material, there does not seem to be a specific requirement to publish a unified database file of the entire GFDL material on a website, and few sites other than [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] offer such a public download. So, although a GFDL webpage may in theory be copiable, few would wish to hassle with spidering an entire website to collect all of the GFDL material, and most websites would take technical measures to slow or thwart such spidering. In cases where [[:Category:Wiki Creative Commons|Creative Commons]] (CC), GFDL, and other material is intermixed on a website, it might be impossible to automatically gather just the GFDL material externally. | ||
This problem at least could be solved. There could be standardized ways to evaluate what third parties are archiving the material, how often, in ways that guarantee continued public access, regardless of what happens to the source. All [[wiki]]s could be expected to divulge their internal power structure, how many individuals have direct control of the infrastructure. All [[:Category: | This problem at least could be solved. There could be standardized ways to evaluate what third parties are archiving the material, how often, in ways that guarantee continued public access, regardless of what happens to the source. All [[wiki]]s could be expected to divulge their internal power structure, how many individuals have direct control of the infrastructure. All [[:Category:Wiki farm|wiki farms]] could be expected to provide, and guarantee independent, external backup of GFDL material. | ||
Future versions of the GFDL could, and should require that each collection of over 100 GFDL electronic documents offer clean, unified public downloads of large database files. As long as all wikis did this, it would become much easier for the public to know whether any third parties were making and keeping copies of such material, and whether the files did indeed properly contain what they should. | Future versions of the GFDL could, and should require that each collection of over 100 GFDL electronic documents offer clean, unified public downloads of large database files. As long as all wikis did this, it would become much easier for the public to know whether any third parties were making and keeping copies of such material, and whether the files did indeed properly contain what they should. | ||