Hi there!
It's been discussed several times at wikipedia but I am still clueless on what actually has to be stated in order to include GFDLed third-party texts.
I would like to build into wikipedia some of the information given at http://kstars.sourceforge.net/handbook/astroinfo.html which is part of Kstars GFDLed handbook and explains various astronomical concepts. The author, Jason Harris, didn't reply to my inquiry about including it in wikipedia but that is - as far as I understand the GFDL correct - not neccessary...
Hmm. How shall I proceed?
Bye,
Tobias
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Tobias Hoevekamp wrote:
I would like to build into wikipedia some of the information given at http://kstars.sourceforge.net/handbook/astroinfo.html which is part of Kstars GFDLed handbook and explains various astronomical concepts. The author, Jason Harris, didn't reply to my inquiry about including it in wikipedia but that is - as far as I understand the GFDL correct - not neccessary...
I think you can just add it! Please do be sure that it is GFDL and not GPL or LGPL. And we need to talk about how to handle the "author" requirement, too.
And there's all that gobbledygook in the GFDL about "cover texts" and "invariant sections" and the like. So we need to see what his site says about that.
However, I would say this: if Jason Harris specifically doesn't want us to include it, then I think we should respect his wishes, GFDL or not. It looks like about 20 neat little articles, but there's no reason for us to get into a fight with anyone over it.
--Jimbo
Thanks for your replys to my initial mail (see below). Kstars handbook http://kstars.sourceforge.net/handbook is availabe according to the following terms:
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts.
I guess, that leaves us with the most freedom desired, right? I'll import one article of Kstars Astroinfo into Wikipedia, add a line about where this article originates from and ask John Harris, the author of Astroinfo, if that's OK with him. I hope, he'll answer this time...
Bye
Tobias
Quoting Tobias Hoevekamp tobias.hoevekamp@ilw.agrl.ethz.ch:
Hi there!
It's been discussed several times at wikipedia but I am still clueless on what actually has to be stated in order to include GFDLed third-party texts.
I would like to build into wikipedia some of the information given at http://kstars.sourceforge.net/handbook/astroinfo.html which is part of Kstars GFDLed handbook and explains various astronomical concepts. The author, Jason Harris, didn't reply to my inquiry about including it in wikipedia but that is - as far as I understand the GFDL correct - not neccessary...
Hmm. How shall I proceed?
Bye,
Tobias
TOBIAS HOEVEKAMP mailto:tobias.hoevekamp@ilw.agrl.ethz.ch http://www.vt.ilw.agrl.ethz.ch/~hoevekam WORK: ETH Zurich, LFO E21, CH-8092 Zurich, +41 1 632 3304 HOME: Anna Heer-Str. 2, CH-8057 Zurich, +41 1 350 5986
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Thanks for your replys to my initial mail (see below). Kstars handbook http://kstars.sourceforge.net/handbook is availabe according to the following terms:
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts.
I guess, that leaves us with the most freedom desired, right? I'll import one article of Kstars Astroinfo into Wikipedia, add a line about where this article originates from and ask John Harris, the author of Astroinfo, if that's OK with him. I hope, he'll answer this time...
To be in compliance with the GFDL, Wikipedia is, like the Kstars handbook, supposed to have the above license notice (1). It should also have a GFDL:History page, where it should list the "title, year, authors, and publisher" of Kstars Astroinfo, and a hyperlink to the downloadable version of Kstars Astroinfo (4.I, 4.J).
-tc
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