[Foundation-l] Only non-commercial re-use od Wiki content?

[Andre Engels]

I don't know what arguments the Wikimedia lawyers have, but as far as
I can see, the GNU/FDL does not allow publishing something under it
with restrictions going beyond those of the GNU/FDL, which this would
be. If someone has arguments why this would be allowed, I would love
to hear them.

Andre Engels


On 5/5/05, Tomasz Sienicki <tsca at 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).
> 
>  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. I don't mention names here as I believe it is a
>  misunderstanding and that the person in question acts in good faith.
> 
>  However, I'd like to hear the Board's official opinion: are there
>  circumstances under which the above licence is acceptable for
>  Wikimedia Wikis (texts)? Is it even debatable?
> 
>  Thank you,
>  [[m:user:tsca]]
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