[Foundation-l] Bertelsmann publishes "Wikipedia Encyclopedia in One Volume"

David Gerard dgerard at gmail.com
Wed Apr 23 10:32:13 UTC 2008


On 23/04/2008, Oldak Quill <oldakquill at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is great for Wikipedia and can only help the project. It is
> important to understand that due to the GFDL, there is (thankfully) no
> need to consult Wikipedia to use its content or request permission;
> and using/modifying Wikipedia content is free. That is kind of the
> whole point of the entire copy-left venture. As I said, the only
> potential down-side is the association of the Wikipedia brand with
> something we played little part in.


WM.de have been closely involved at all stages, and I assume this'll
continue, so I'd be surprised if it fails to enhance our good name.


- d.



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