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.
You can now find out the license of a wiki via the API :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=...
this still doesn't help with finding the license for files, or knowing what the requirements of the license are (eg fulltext, or authors), but at least it lets you put a link and the name of the license.
cheers Brianna