[Foundation-l] Baidupedia copyvio collections

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Thu Jun 12 17:58:54 UTC 2008


David Goodman wrote:
> do they copy as a mirror would, and then add articles of their own, or
> do they use the text as part of articles with additions & subtractions
> of their own?
I believe it's the latter.  They are of course free to edit as they 
will; that's allowed even if the editing is grossly distorted.  Another 
important feature of GFDL is the viral effect that incorporating 
licensed material will have on the copyright of the new usage.

Ec



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