[Wikipedia-l] Re: Crown Copyright

[sgilbert at nbnet.nb.ca]

> From: Daniel Mayer <maveric149 at yahoo.com>
> Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 15:37:33 -0700
> 
> Of course you would score a major coup for the project by getting the 
> copyright holder (the Royal Navy if I recall) to allow us to use their text 
> under terms of the GNU FDL. 

I'm working on letters to various government officials pointing out 
that since the US government is required by law to publish in the 
public domain, its publications are used worldwide. If other 
governments, such as Canada, adopted a similiar practice, there 
would be more diversity in public domain information to choose 
from, and projects like ours would be able balance American 
perspective with material from other countries.

I encourage other Canadians (and all citizens of countries without 
that lovely American law, for that matter) to apply a little pressure 
to your government officials. A few well-placed letters on issues 
that aren't in the public eye really can make a difference.

- Stephen G.
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