[WikiEN-l] This article was adapted with permission from a report...

[K P]

On 8/7/07, Brock Weller <brock.weller at gmail.com> wrote:
> The article was created with the copyrighted text, all work since then is a
> derivitive, and we've distributed it to hundreds of mirrors who are using it
> without a liscense. It's delete and rewrite, or delete till we can ascertain
> a free license release.
>
> On 8/7/07, K P <kpbotany at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 8/7/07, Brock Weller <brock.weller at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > From the acknowledgements section (yes, there is one) on Kuru:
> > >
> > > This article was adapted with permission from a report "Kuru: The
> > Dynamics
> > > of a Prion Disease", authored by Stacy McGrath.
> > >
> > > notes on medical virology- Timbury
> > >
> > > Both out of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuru_(disease) and annoying as
> > hell
> > > to track down specific revisions, except in this case, because the
> > > copyrighted text is the base for the whole damn article. Literally the
> > first
> > > edit, and its stuck around since 2004. The timbury one can just be
> > wiped,
> > > he's a user who contributed it under the GFDL, the report one is more
> > > troublesome, did she give permission for GFDL, or just wikipedia? its
> > > non-free if its just permission for us. This needs some fixing, probably
> > > some oversight as well.
> > >
> > > Any thoughts on someone coming up with a method to identify and flag or
> > > template articles to be reviewed that have an acknowledgement section,
> > > something used 'with permission' or copyright notices?
> > >
> > > --
> > > -Brock
> >
> > So does the entire article have to be rewritten?  Or what?   I see the
> > acknowledgements but don't understand the implications.
> >
> > KP
> >
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> --
> -Brock

Oh,  I see, then it should be deleted immediately.  Maybe I can at
least start a stub in the next few days.  I've researched prion
diseases, including kuru, but haven't read anything on 'em in a few
years, so don 't know what is changed.  KP