[Foundation-l] Baidupedia copyvio collections

Dan Rosenthal drosenthal at wikimedia.org
Thu Jun 12 14:25:21 UTC 2008


Fixed to make it a haiku (5-7-5)

When copying texts
You must honor people's rights
Stick to the license.

-dan


On 6/12/08, Magnus Manske <magnusmanske at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Waerth <waerth at asianet.co.th> wrote:
> > Then they weren't impressed enough with the face loosing potential. It
> > isn't an easy thing. It must be done in such a way that you are the
> > honorable party (and no not western honor, Asian/Chinese honor). And it
> > must make you look smart and subtle (so absolutely not a lot of talking
> > and compromising). And it must offer them a way out in which they can
> > gain face to the public at large. So that even though they take a step
> > back, publicly it will appear that they have gained. Very common thing
> > in politics here. And what also helps is if you can offer them a
> > scapegoat on whom to put all of the blame.
>
> That leaves only a Haiku:
>
> When copying texts
> Honor people's rights
> Stick to the license
>
> Sorry.
>
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Dan Rosenthal


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