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

Jean-Baptiste Soufron jbsoufron at gmail.com
Thu May 5 14:55:38 UTC 2005


>
> It seems to me that this would immediately be a problem for any
> Wikimedia content mirror that includes ads.
> Couldn't that be construed
> as a commercial use?

Yes

> Perhaps Wikimedia would not be legally
> responsible, since Wikimedia would not be using it for a commercial
> purpose, but do we really want to put all the mirrors into such a
> position?

Can't they select the content they use ?

>
> All of which says nothing of the more basic problem that m:user:tsca
> raises -- GFDL compliance. What happens when someone posts content to
> one of the Wikimedia sites and simultaneously claims a more
> restrictive license? Does the standard language "by posting you agree
> that the content is released under GFDL..." take precedent over the
> user's statement that "this content is released under CC BY-NC..."?

I am not sure I exactly understand your case, but that would be 
dual-licensing. The user would be able to choose the license he prefers 
for this content.




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