QUOTE(thekohser @ Wed 20th October 2010, 8:30am)
QUOTE(Emperor @ Wed 20th October 2010, 9:00am)
If nothing else, Mr. Godwin will be remembered as the genius who somehow finagled the switch from GFDL to CC-by-SA.
I don't consider him the agent of change on that item. I believe Moeller was the perpetrator of that sham.
Fundamentally that was driven by Larry Lessig, who is far more charismatic than either Eben Moglen or Richard Stallman. Both Erik and Jimmy pushed that to please their Very Bestest Friend, Larry. Besides, Eben and Richard mostly hang out with boring, smelly hacker types; the people Larry hangs with are far more interesting, or at least famous.