[WikiEN-l] Using information from the CDC home page

[Vicki Rosenzweig]

At 01:13 AM 2/16/03 -0800, Zoe wrote:

>While looking at the [[Legionnaires' disease]] page, I noticed a lot of 
>information that looked like it had been copied from somewhere.  Indeed, 
>it had come from 
><http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/legionellosis_g.htm>http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/legionellosis_g.htm. 
>The person who had put it on the page claimed that it was public 
>domain.  Looking at the CDC's home page, I find "In general all 
>information presented in these pages and all items available for download 
>are for public use."
>
>Does this mean we can use the information at that website?

Yes we can. All publications by the US government are in the public domain.
This does *not* apply to publications by other governments: it is a deliberate
choice by the US government.

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Vicki Rosenzweig
vr at redbird.org
http://www.redbird.org