[WikiEN-l] Re: A neo-Nazi wikipedia

Sat Aug 20 15:04:16 UTC 2005

I don't recall if the GFDL allows this or not, but there is a clause
in the CC licenses which allow original license holders to request
that they are specifically NOT given credit on usage of materials, for
just this type of circumstance. That is, if I wrote a book and
released it under a CC license, and a neo-Nazi group want to
redistribute parts of it as an introduction to their own CC work, I
could specifically request that my name be left off of all materials.
But I don't think the GFDL supports this, or does it?

Anyway, it was inevitable that wiki technology would be used for ill,
just like all technologies. I think the benefits in this case still
win out.

FF

On 8/19/05, Oskar Sigvardsson <oskarsigvardsson at gmail.com> wrote:
> I was just going to write a polite email to the head honcho over there
> reminding him that they cannot use the wikipedia name for copyright
> reasons and that they have to reference wikipedia per the GFDL. Then I
> realised THEY HAVE TO REFERENCE WIKIPEDIA ON EVERY PAGE per the GFDL.
> Holy mother of crap! I don't want to read an article on how good
> JewWatch or whatever it's name is and then see on the bottom of the
> page "Original article from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia". I feel
> dirty....................
> 
> I realise though that if they wanted to start a fork, there is nothing
> we could do about it. However, I wonder wether sending them an email
> reminding them of these two things is a good idea, it might sound as
> if we encourage it.
> 
> Anyway, if it's done someone more influential than me should perhaps
> compose it (although I wouldn't mind doing it if people wanted me to),
> but I am thinking perhaps that the best way to go is ignore the whole
> thing and hope that they forget about it.
> 
> --gkhan
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