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I have a question regarding the GFDL. It assigns ownership and credit
to the author (cool) but does not require the source of the
documentation be disclosed (uncool). What this means is anyone can reap
the site and sell CD's of the contents on EBay under the pretense of a
personally constructed collection. Is there a means to extend the GFDL
to cover the fact that the documentation gleaned came from this
metalworking wiki? I'm concerned that someone will swoop in and profit
from your work. Unless of course no one else cares.

I raise this issue as we had this exact same scenario earlier with the
Dropbox as there was no clear understanding that the information
contained within the site was not for resale, period. I don't want us
to get into another brouhaha.

If the GFDL can (and maybe it does) require credit be given to the
container of the collection as well, I would feel better.