[WikiEN-l] GDFL compliance

[Jay Litwyn]

I do not think hosting the license is *quite* necessary, and I could be 
persuaded, especially before their webmaster has a chance to digest lunch. I 
think a caption below the image, which links to 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:WikiWitch would be an exemplary citation.

"geni" <geniice at gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> 2009/6/6 Angela <beesley at gmail.com>:
>> On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 2:26 AM, Sam Korn<smoddy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> (Photo: <a
>>> href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Houses_of_Parliament.jpg">Wikipedia</a>)
>>>
>>> I imagine that would satisfy *almost* everyone.
>>
>> Adding the license wouldn't be much harder:
>>
>>  (Photo: <a
>>> href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Houses_of_Parliament.jpg">Wikipedia</a>, 
>>> <a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html">GFDL</a>)
>>
>> Angela
>
> Not really. You are still entirely reliant on wikipedia servers
> staying up and the image staying in that place which is why you should
> host the credit and probably the GFDL locally.
>
> -- 
> geni
>
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