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Michael Becker wrote:
I just realized something, a site I posted on [[Wikipedia:Press coverage]] might also be breaking the GFDL. They list some text from one of our pages. See http://cgi.canoe.ca/Columnists/diotte_jul7.html, the SITE FOR SORE EYES article, which was in the Edmonton Sun. (my original link appears to no longer be valid).
That's a pretty small excerpt, looks like fair use to me. It's not in Wikipedia's interest to get so prickly that reporters and writers deliberately avoid quoting it - or worse, that newspapers' and publishers' legal departments order their employees to stay away from Wikipedia altogether because they're tired of dealing with accusations of GFDL violations.
I strongly agree with this. Copyright law is not trademark law. We can be selective in our enforcement without losing the copyright.
Regards,
Erik