On 5/25/05, Jean-Baptiste Soufron jbsoufron@gmail.com wrote:
Given the importance of clear copyright rules on wikipedia, this statement has exactly a 0 legal value. What we should get is at least a non-exclusive license granted to wikipedia.
I fail to see why the explicit statement: "material published in 1954, and any Crown copyright material published before that date, would now be out of copyright, and may be freely reproduced throughout the world", from an official representative of the copyright holder, would not be considered permission.
-Matt (User:Morven)