[Wikipedia-l] Re: IBM analyzing Wikipedia page histories

[Brion Vibber]

Ulrich Fuchs wrote:
> 1) they quote more or less completely some Wikipedia articles on their gallery 
> screenshots (http://researchweb.watson.ibm.com/history/gallery.htm). They 
> don't link back to Wikipedia or mention the content to be under GNU FDL. 
> Instead, they put a (c) 2003 by IBM below their pictures.

They do link to Wikipedia, and this use of extracts & screenshots to
demonstrate a research project seems clearly within fair use bounds.
(IANAL)
 

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)