[Foundation-l] commercial use of wikipedia content

[Istvan Soos]

Hi Huib,

Thanks for the addition, it is a good point. This means the only valid
business model would be the personalized content, because that way the
users are unlikely to copy the content from each-other. Can you point
any flaw in that model?

Thanks,
   Istvan

On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Huib Laurens <sterkebak at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> If I read your example there is something missing, its very important
> that you also add the license and the note that everybody can use the
> content for personal or commercional use according the terms stated in
> the license.
>
> I don't think you can change the license and when you sell it, it
> would stay under a free license.
>
> Huib
>
> 2009/12/27, Istvan Soos <istvan.soos at gmail.com>:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm evaluating our legal options around commercially using wikipedia
>> content, if this is not the right forum, please let me know / forward
>> the question. It might be that the method I describe is not legally
>> possible, so if there is any similar situation that does or does not
>> work, please let me know either. I'd like to play safe in this field
>> and avoid potential issues.
>>
>> For the sake of example we would like to automatically convert the
>> page content to a different text and different format (e.g.
>> automatically create text extracts and compile it into a pdf document)
>> and sell it as part of a subscription service or even better as a
>> standalone product. We include all the attributions / links wherever
>> possible, and mark that the source of the product is Wikipedia. What
>> else are we required to do before the sell can happen? Is there any
>> fee or percentage that shall go back to mediawiki foundation in such
>> cases? Can we restrict the copy or re-distribution of such product?
>> For the later, I suppose there is nothing we can do, however this
>> seems to ruin the whole business model, doesn't it?
>>
>> Thank you for your help,
>>    Istvan
>>
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