[Foundation-l] legal question

Sat Jan 8 08:17:58 UTC 2005

Hi,

The collection of quotes can be used for example:

- if the collector does not like the other editor, and knows his name, he can 
find out his employer, and write to his employer defaming the author of the 
quotes, for example.

-The collector can publish the quotes in any medium with for example paired 
with a defaming description, hoping, that he hurts the author like that.

- If the author is a known person, the collector can publish a book with the 
quote collection, praise the author of the quotes, and utilize the income of 
the book solely for his own purposes.

Regards, Eleonora

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I would guess you are free to quote from another editor. (Though I
do not see the reason for creating such a page. In what way will
be such a page valuable?)
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Who can help me, if I want to know, if it is legal, that a wikipedia editor
prepares a collection of quotes, that  an other wikipedia editor wrote in
diverse articles, and puts this collection onto a wikipedia page? The quotes
are
exclusively from one wikipedia editor.

This is what the gdfl says:
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4. modifications The author(s) and publisher(s) of the Document do not by
this
License give permission to use their names for publicity for or to assert or
imply endorsement of any Modified Version.

8. translation Translation is considered a kind of modification, so you may
distribute translations of the Document under the terms of section 4.

9. termination You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the
Document
except as expressly provided for under this License. Any other attempt to
copy,
modify, sublicense or distribute the Document is void, and will
automatically
terminate your rights under this License. However, parties who have received
copies, or rights, from you under this License will not have their licenses
terminated so long as such parties remain in full compliance.
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