[Wikipedia-l] A question about "Crown copyright"

Jens Frank JeLuF at gmx.de
Sat Sep 28 18:52:13 UTC 2002


On Sat, Sep 28, 2002 at 10:29:54AM -0700, Sean Barrett wrote:
> Various *.gov.uk sites have material that would be useful in Wikipedia
> articles.  However, HM Government claims "Crown copyright" to that
> material, and specifies:
> 
> :The material featured on this site is subject to Crown copyright
> protection unless otherwise indicated. The Crown copyright protected
> material (other than the Royal Arms and departmental or agency logos)
> may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium provided it is
> reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context. Where any of
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I think this forbids derivative works. So I don't think we might use it.

JeLuF



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