On 5/12/06, Matt R <matt_crypto(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Steve Block <steve.block(a)myrealbox.com> wrote:
Anthony DiPierro wrote:
Anyone know if they use the actual content from Wikipedia or not?
If they are and they aren't citing authors, aren't they in breach of the
GFDL. And if that's the case, can we sue? Please?
Please, let's not. I see it as a good thing that people can access and read Wikipedia
articles in some way, whether or not the site is GFDL-compliant. Isn't that why we
contribute our time here, to have people read our articles? The most basic freedom for
information is the freedom to access and read it. Baidupedia is better than nothing for
technically-unsavvy people in mainland China.
-- Matt
First of all, I'm not the one who wrote those sentences your email
client attributed to me.
Secondly, I tend to agree with you that suing over a breach of the
GFDL is not a good idea. And frankly, I doubt it would work.
Whether or not a grossly censored Baidupedia is better than nothing, I
don't know. Depends, I suppose, how censored it is, but I get the
impression that the censorship is much tighter than say the censorship
of Google.
If anyone has any ideas as to what we can do to help get the real
Wikipedia to the masses in China, I'd love to help. Maybe some sort
of network of distributed servers providing https access through
dynamically rotating IP addresses.
Anthony