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

Delirium delirium at hackish.org
Tue Apr 29 00:21:57 UTC 2008


Anthony wrote:
> I assume Bertelsmann is going to at least be listing the names of all
> the authors in order to satisfy the basic essence of the history
> requirement.  The GFDL makes no requirement to "reprint the full wiki
> editing history".  It says "If there is no section Entitled "History"
> in the Document, create one stating the title, year, authors, and
> publisher of the Document as given on its Title Page, then add an item
> describing the Modified Version as stated in the previous sentence."

Listing all the authors "as given on its Title Page" is a pretty empty 
requirement, since Wikipedia articles don't have any title page that 
lists any authors.

-Mark




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