[This is David Grant's recent HTML post, redone in plain text.
-- Toby Bartels]
Toby Bartels wrote:
David Grant wrote in part:
>I would like the template for every article to be
altered, to include
>something similar to the following: "This is licensed under GFDL...if
>you with to copy this article, go ahead...but you are required to
>provide a link to the GFDL... and you are required to link back to the
>original article..." That is essence of what needs to be added to the
>template for every Wikipedia article. This is in order to stop the
>ripping of Wikipedia articles without full copyright/license compliance.
But they are /not/ required to link back to Wikipedia!
They're required to list up to 5 authors,
and linking back to Wikipedia is the easiest way to do that.
Yes, this is the tricky thing though.� However, my opinion is that this
needs to be explicit on every Wikipedia article so that all people who
"rip" an article, have a "fighting chance" of seeing it at the
bottom/top of the page.� It should perhaps say, "You are required to
provide a link back to the original wikipedia article, or a link to up
to 5 authors."� The part where it says authors, can be a link to the
Page history.� But you are
To avoid making people stop believing us, we must
separate:
* You /must/ release your version under the GFDL; and
* We /advise/ you to link back to the original Wikipedia article.
Shouldn't we say "MUST" link back OR "MUST" give names of 5
authors?� I
don't think using "advise" is a smart thing to do...
More comments on the meta page (possibly, if I get to
it),
about ideal wording and the like. I do agree with you in general.
Thanks for your comments.
-- Toby