On 5/25/05, Jean-Baptiste Soufron <jbsoufron(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Given the importance of clear copyright rules on
wikipedia, this
statement has exactly a 0 legal value. What we should get is at least
a non-exclusive license granted to wikipedia.
I fail to see why the explicit statement: "material published in 1954,
and any Crown
copyright material published before that date, would now be out of
copyright, and may be freely reproduced throughout the world", from an
official representative of the copyright holder, would not be
considered permission.
-Matt (User:Morven)