[WikiEN-l] GDFL compliance

David Gerard dgerard at gmail.com
Thu Jun 4 20:55:23 UTC 2009


2009/6/4 Andrew Turvey <andrewrturvey at googlemail.com>:

> It's great to see more and more people re-using Wikipedia content. such as this: http://euobserver.com/9/28232
> However, does this comply with the GDFL license? All it says by way of attribution is "(Photo: wikipedia)"
> If not, is there a group of people somewhere who chase up copyvios like this?


Usually if someone (preferably the creator) contacts them suggesting
how to do it right, places are keen to get it right. Asking nicely and
reasonably is effective in practice.


- d.



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