--- Tomasz Sienicki <tsca(a)edb.dk> wrote:
"After the consultation with Wikimedia lawyers I can inform you that
it is acceptable to import content to our Wiki under the licence
disallowing its commercial re-use," wrote the admin of one of the
Wikimedia projects and entered into a co-operation with a certain
external service (with the aim of importing their content to the Wiki
under such non-commmercial re-use only licence; although the service
agreed to relicence their content as PD, the admin suggested CC BY-NC).
Wikimedia lawyers? Since when have we had lawyers? Who the hell is this admin?
Admins do not have any authority to enter into any agreement on behalf of the
foundation without board approval.
My personal opinion is that this goes against the
policy of Wikimedia
and violates the principles crucial to a lot of people who contribute
to the Wikis.
Not just opinion, you are exactly right. It is also a clear violation of the
GNU FDL.
-- mav
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