[WikiEN-l] [mhollist at cox.net: RE: Use of content from Wikipedia]

Wed Nov 19 17:22:05 UTC 2003

Poor, Edmund W wrote:

>Arvind,
>
>Thank you for taking the time to write such a courteous letter to the
>Chess & Beyond website. As predicted, the response was courteous and
>promised cooperation within quite a reasonable amount of time.
>
Yes, I suspect most people will be accomodating when the situation is 
politely explained to them, and they're given enough time to respond.

>This sort of courteous exchange is an excellent example of promoting the
>"free text" concept -- and it's much better than an abrupt takedown
>demand. We're not WWF wrestlers, we're public-spirited artists.
>
As an indicator of how problematic some of the copyright issues can be, 
 the wrestlers are not allowed to call themselves WWF anymore. :-)

Ec