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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. Fork-A by puddingebola · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    (Italian accent) I fork-a the free meat-a whenever I get-a the chance-a. Of course-a you can-a do that-a. Were they-a at-a a party-a or something-a?

  2. Re:My Horse Is Higher Than Yours by wonkey_monkey · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    A shame you posted as AC - you'd have had a modpoint or two from me if I had them, too.

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