[WikiEN-l] Re: Images on Answers.com and copyright conditions

Sun Mar 20 23:36:28 UTC 2005

Anthere wrote:

> I think you are correct that there is possibly a problem as no where 
> is the author of the picture mentionned, nor a link available.
>
> We should mention this to Jimbo
>
> Ant
>
>
> MacGyverMagic/Mgm a écrit:
>
>>> Is anyone else surprised that Answers.com doesn't seem to follow GFDL
>>> or CCbySA conditions with regard to images used from Wikipedia, such as
>>> crediting authors:
>>>
>>> http://www.answers.com/library/Wikipedia+Images
>>>
>>> Or am I misunderstanding the process?
>>>
>>> Christiaan
>>
>>
>>
>> Well, I could be misunderstanding the process myself, but aren't they
>> following GFDL by telling us it's a Wikipedia article to start with?
>>
>> Mgm
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The biggest problem is when bandwidth leaching occurs, which they are 
not doing in this case. See [[Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks]]. However, we 
do need to do something about this.

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