Hoi,
Yes, probably and in the process they do exactly what we aim to achieve;
share in the sum of all knowledge. What they do not do is claim copyright.
They are the number one referral site for our traffic.
You may be right in a narrow sense but it will ill serve us to do something
about it.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 5 June 2017 at 19:32, The Cunctator <cunctator(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Both Google and Graphiq are using pretty much the
entire Wikipedia corpus
for their results.
On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 12:40 PM, James Heilman <jmh649(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Well "fair use" applies, but if the
amount of content used goes beyond
fair
use than it needs to be indicated that the
content is under an open
license.
J
On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 10:32 AM, The Cunctator <cunctator(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> I've been a bit out of the loop on this for a while, so please be kind
to
the
oldbie - what's current Wikimedia policy on adaptive reuse of
Wikipedia
> content into non-free publications?
>
> E.g. Graphiq
>
https://www.graphiq.com/terms-and-conditions
>
http://colleges.startclass.com/l/1929/Harvard-University
>
> and Google
>
https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/terms/
>
https://www.google.com/search?q=harvard+university
>
> I recognize that Google gives Wikimedia a lot of money, even if the
> foundation isn't very transparent about that, but I'd think that
doesn't
free the
company from following CC BY-SA.
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