On 12/07/06, Berto <albertoserra(a)ukr.net> wrote:
Hi!
can a newspaper publish an article from a wiki, provided that they quote the
source page? I am thinking to propose this to a number of small local
newspapers, but I am not clear on the copyright matter, since these
newspapers are actually sold. Obviously, it would be just an article, the
paper is 99,5% made of their own stuff. It would do great to get a better
media exposure.
Print is tricky for the GFDL - it seems to be the case * that when
you're reproducing material under the GFDL online, you can get away
with a link to the complete license and authorship information even if
this is hosted on another server, whereas putting it in printed form
means it stands alone, so you need to add the whole license, etc.
* I'm not sure if this is explicitly laid down or if it's just the
generally-accepted interpretation, though.
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- Andrew Gray
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