Hi, I would need a suggestion on how to incorporate (if it is possible) text from several wikipedia articles into a GPL software (phpGrabComics). I would need to incorporate a few lines (3 to 12) in many files. Basically I would like to include in pages as http://www.baravalle.it/phpGrabComics/index.php?comic_array%5B%5D=dilbert&am... a few lines from wikipedia with the description of the comic. As I have more than 200 modules in the software, I would have liked to use the descriptions already written in wikipedia.
I am not sure on what I should write in the code to be compliante with the GFDL. I suppose that it would be an "aggregation" of GFDL text in a GPL software: I would include the text "as is".
At the end of the message there is an example of the current code; the variable $description_short is the one that would contain GFDL text, if there is no conflict or problem.
In the web the output at the end of the page would be (for example, in a page importing the first lines of the Dilbert article):
The text of this page is licensed under the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html">GNU Free Documentation License</a>. It uses material from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilbert">Wikipedia</a>.
How do I write the licence in the code of the page? I have used a comment line, but not sure if it is the right way.
Any suggestion? I would like to use text from wikipedia, to fasten the development (I'd like to use text from 60 to 100 pages), but if it is a problem I will write the texts by myself and just use the GPL.
Another consideration is that I would prefer release only the text from wikipedia under the GFDL, not all the web page. Is it possible? That is because the pages are containing small thumbails (that should be under "fair use"), and I am not sure I can release the thumbnails under GFDL.
Thanks in advance, Andres
/*
Copyright © 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Andres Baravalle
This file is part of phpGrabComics.
phpGrabComics is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
phpGrabComics is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with phpGrabComics; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
*/
Class Dilbert extends phpGrabComics { # Grab Dilbert cartoon and put it in your site var $address = "http://www.dilbert.com/"; var $unix_name = "dilbert"; var $name = "Dilbert"; var $author = "Scott Adams"; var $match_string = "/src[=][[:punct:]](/comics/dilbert/archive/images/dilbert[[:digit:]]+..{3})[[:punct:]]/i"; // This article is licensed under the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html">GNU Free Documentation License</a>. It uses material from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilbert">Wikipedia</a>. var $description_short = "<p>Dilbert is a popular American comic strip. Written by Scott Adams, the comic is known for its heavily satirical humor about a micromanaged office, featuring an engineer as the title character and his clueless boss. The strip has run in newspapers since April 16, 1989, spawning several books, an animated television series, a computer game, and hundreds of Dilbert-themed merchandise items.</p>"; var $description_licence = "This article is licensed under the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html%5C%22%3EGNU Free Documentation License</a>. It uses material from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilbert%5C%22%3EWikipedia</a>"; var $description_long = ""; var $suggested_links = Array("http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Scott_Adams"); var $suggested_comics = Array("userfriendly","helen"); // fill $home_page if the web site has an easy download page, used as $address, and a "real", different home page var $home_page = ""; }
?>
--- Andres Baravalle andres.baravalle@gmail.com wrote:
I would need a suggestion on how to incorporate (if it is possible) text from several wikipedia articles into a GPL software (phpGrabComics). I would need to incorporate a few lines (3 to 12) in many files. Basically I would like to include in pages as
If all you are only going to use is the first paragraph or two, then that is fair use. However, and very stupidly, the FDL and the GPL are not compatible, making anything more than fair use unnecessarily difficult. For this reason (and a few others) the Debian project does not allow FDLd documentation.
This, for example, prevents our developers from using FDLd MediaWiki documentation in MediaWiki. One way I have suggested to get around this is to include a separate SQL database with that documentation in it (the database itself, of course, would need to comply with the FDL). So far I haven't heard whether or not this would be legal and IANAL.
-- mav
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--- Andres Baravalle andres.baravalle@gmail.com wrote:
I would need a suggestion on how to incorporate (if it is possible) text from several wikipedia articles into a GPL software (phpGrabComics). I would need to incorporate a few lines (3 to 12) in many files. Basically I would like to include in pages as
If all you are only going to use is the first paragraph or two, then that is fair use. However, and very stupidly, the FDL and the GPL are not compatible, making anything more than fair use unnecessarily difficult. For this reason (and a few others) the Debian project does not allow FDLd documentation.
This, for example, prevents our developers from using FDLd MediaWiki documentation in MediaWiki. One way I have suggested to get around this is to include a separate SQL database with that documentation in it (the database itself, of course, would need to comply with the FDL). So far I haven't heard whether or not this would be legal and IANAL.
yes, I would need only the first 1-2 paragraphs.
I have sent a similar message to licensing@gnu.org and to I got exactly the same suggestion of using an external file.
while this is feasible, it may make the structure of the program less clear, so I think that rewording the text is my easier option.
thank you very much for your answer, Andres
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