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PipSqueak



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 5:04 pm    Post subject: public domain content Reply with quote
Is it compulsory to link back to wikipedia or gutenberg if I use their content on my website?
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Rosalind Gardner
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 9:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi Pipsqueak,

Great question!

I found this on the Wikipedia site...

Quote:
The license Wikipedia uses grants free access to our content in the same sense as free software is licensed freely. This principle is known as copyleft. That is to say, Wikipedia content can be copied, modified, and redistributed so long as the new version grants the same freedoms to others and acknowledges the authors of the Wikipedia article used (a direct link back to the article satisfies our author credit requirement). Wikipedia articles therefore will remain free forever and can be used by anybody subject to certain restrictions, most of which serve to ensure that freedom.


That should answer your question, but there's more information at Wikipedia:Copyrights that makes for worthwhile reading.

Cheers,
Ros
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