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

Jean-Baptiste Soufron jbsoufron at gmail.com
Fri May 6 09:25:23 UTC 2005


>
> Isn't it the case that, when someone posts content to Wikipedia, they
> are releasing it under GFDL, regardless of any other license they may
> also choose to release it under? So, even if the content in question
> were clearly labeled as CC-BY, CC-BY-SA, or even CC-BY-NC, it is also
> released under GFDL. With the exception of putting something into PD
> (or some other less restrictive license than GFDL), it just doesn't
> matter what other restrictions may be claimed, it is still released
> under GFDL. Excepting, of course, content posted without the knowledge
> or permission of the copyright holder.

Given the way you say it, I would say yes...




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