FDL requirements for original author

David Picón Álvarez eleuteri at myrealbox.com
Fri Feb 8 07:56:30 UTC 2008


> What's the risk case? If the author released a PDF, you reuse it under
> the GFDL and the author then sues you for copyright violation because
> you didn't keep to the "transparent copy" part of the licence terms,
> what judge wouldn't throw it out? That's a serious question. I suppose
> I should ask licensing@ really ...

Not sure, you might be able to use some stopel doctrine or unclean hands or 
whatever, but ask someone who has a clue, yes. :-)

--David.




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