[Wikimediaindia-l] The copyright question: What would Gandhi do?

[Rohini Lakshané]

Amazing! Gandhi would have supported Wiki too.

On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Achal Prabhala <aprabhala at gmail.com> wrote:

> A friend of mine in South Africa, Isabel Hofmeyr, passed on this image
> of the first page of the first edition of the English translation of
> Gandhi's "Hind Swaraj" - or "Indian Home Rule" in translation. The book
> was published in South Africa in 1909, and is rarely available. Isabel
> was able to see it courtesy Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie, who owns a copy.
>
> And the copyright legend on this front page? It reads:
>
> "No rights reserved"
>
> Isabel and Uma kindly offered to donate the image to Commons, and you
> can see it here:
>
>
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gandhi-Home-Rule-First-Edition-1909.jpg
>
> Finally, an answer to the great copyright question that has never been
> asked: "What would Gandhi do?" :)
>
> Cheers,
> Achal
>
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