[Foundation-l] Copyrighted maps and Derived works

[geni]

On 2 April 2010 08:15, Samuel Klein <meta.sj at gmail.com> wrote:
> Someone on the OSM threads commented that they make an effort to be
> 'whiter than white' when it comes to observing all possible legal
> nuances.  And it occurs to me that OSM at its heart is much more
> deeply concerned with reuse and guaranteeing zero hassles for reusers
> than Wikimedia currently is.

It varies. Geographical data is a particularly weak area for wikipedia.

> [can you name a significant published
> work that draws heavily from a Wikimedia project, other than those
> produced by Wikipedians that consist entirely of an edited selection
> of Wikipedia articles?]

Encyclopedia Britannica uses a lot of commons images these days.


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geni