Forum:Why is "wikia.com" using GFDL? Only because of copying from Wikipedia? Or are there other reasons?

Hello question please: Why is "wikia.com" using GFDL? Only because of copying from Wikipedia? Are there also other reasons? Greetings from North Tyrol (europe). j--Uptojoe 06:46, 19 October 2008 (UTC)


 * GFDL does not really permit copying without concern of the original author's copyright who is always retained. So copying is not even a good reason.
 * GFDL permit commercial usage and Wikia is commercial. It's a bussness..


 * Another exemple : Maybe you dont know the game Guild Wars, but it's not so important. The compagny that produce that game (ArenaNet) decided one day that a wiki was a marvelous thing. There was already GuildWiki for a few years and it was the best source of informations all done by the players. But Guild Wiki license was (and still are) CC-BY-NC-SA and the compagny of the game could not decide to take GuildWiki under her wing (like hosting it and linking to it in the game) because of the Non-commercial aspect of the license. So they had to start a new one under GFDL.


 * So, GFDL give more freedom to people who could like to make a profit with the content somehow.
 * I would choose GFDL for every wikis i would create outside Wikia if i could create some. But i choosed CC-BY-NC-SA for some of my personnals website (and some other work) of wich i dont want people to profit from. — TulipVorlax 18:06, 19 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Thank you for answering my question! Greetings j--Uptojoe 15:33, 20 October 2008 (UTC)