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2009/1/29 Heiko Hees heiko@pediapress.com:
Hi,
On Jan 28, 2009, at 2:42 PM, Brianna Laugher wrote:
oops, one more thing: It appears that for pages collected using the bookmarklet, license information is not recorded or included. I don't particularly want a copy of the GFDL any more than references, but a notice to that effect would be nice.
*looks at the API* hm... bizarrely, I don't see the license info being one of the API parameters. Did I miss it or is it a bug?
assuming you are talking about the MediaWiki API. Yes this is a bug with MediaWiki.
In our opinion, license management/handling should be a core feature of MediaWiki, because the software is explicitely developed for the collaborative generation of free content. But from the perspective of a re-user this is almost non-existent[1].
Heiko
I see what you mean. I will reply in more detail to your post to wikitech-l.
I meant a much more simple getting of the info that appears in the footer of MediaWikis which says the license or rights page. I made a patch to add that info to the API. https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17224 Although putting the name & URL of the GFDL doesn't comply with it, it is definitely better than nothing (and for many licenses it is almost sufficient).
But as I said I will reply on your other post.
thanks, Brianna