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Internet Brands Sues People For Forking Under CC BY-SA

Posted by Soulskill on from the do-you-know-how-this-works dept.

David Gerard writes "Internet Brands bought Wikitravel.org in 2006, plastered it with ads and neglected it. After years, the Wikitravel community finally decided to fork under CC by-sa and move to Wikimedia. Internet Brands is now suing two of the unpaid volunteers for wanting to leave. The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking a declaratory judgement (PDF) that you can actually fork a free-content project without permission. Internet Brands has a track record of scorched-earth litigation tactics."

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  1. Boycott! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I would boycott these assholes if I'd ever heard of them.

    1. Re:Boycott! by plover · · Score: 5, Funny

      I would boycott these assholes if I'd ever heard of them.

      I'd just say fork 'em.

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      John
  2. Re:Good by oakgrove · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hope Internet Brands wins. Fuck the freetards.

    So, um, I notice you're using words from the English language without a license, freetard. See you in court.

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    The soylentnews experiment has been a dismal failure.
  3. Re:Good by DarwinSurvivor · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't think ANYONE wants to see that!