Thanks for the clarification, Michelle and for the follow-up Pranav.
- Sundar
"That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the
expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted."
- George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture
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From: Pranav Curumsey <pranav(a)wikimedia.in>
To: Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia.
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Cc: mpaulson(a)wikimedia.org
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 10:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Licence violation
FYI
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From: Michelle Paulson <mpaulson(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Licence violation
Yes, we actually cracked down on them 2 years ago from not making it clear that the
content was from Wikipedia. They have since changed their ways and have it clearly stated
in the "Overview" section and properly attributed the Wikipedia contributors
involved in the book. We looked into how they could change the "Authors"
section, but the online sellers' platforms they were using (such as Barnes and Noble)
don't permit more than a few names, which makes listing all of the contributors
impossible and we didn't want them to say that Wikipedia was the author because that
erroneously makes people think that they books were sponsored or introduced by WMF or the
contributors involved, neither of which is true.
Additionally, we do not believe that not listing the contributors under the
"Author" section online is necessarily a violation of the license. However, not
listing them in the book, where the content actually is reproduced, was and they have
since corrected that to the best of my knowledge.
Hope that helps clear things up!
-Michelle
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