Hmm, that file seems to be released under a non-commercial Creative Commons license, in
addition to the GFDL. The bug here seems to be bad licensing, rather than bad attribution
(since when did we start accepting -NC licenses?!).
Thanks,
Mike
On 24 Aug 2014, at 18:03, Jeevan Jose <jkadavoor(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Try to "download as PDF"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheetah
Check Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors.
It attributes File:Cheetah Feb09 02.jpg Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Cheetah_Feb09_02.jpg
License: unknown Contributors: Fir0002, Peteforsyth
This is very wrong as license is not fetched and photographer is only Fir;
not all people edited that "file" page.
I raised this complaint earlier (in Commons). This is mentioned at EN too
by Stefan:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Copying_within_Wikipedia#For_l…
I think this is a serious violation and need immediate attention.
Regards,
Jee
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