[Wikipedia-l] question about fdl

Tue Mar 4 14:20:21 UTC 2003

Matt M. wrote:
> I have a question about the GNU FDL. What is meant by "the work"? If
> I took a picture from Wikipedia and incorporated it into one page on
> an existing website, would just that page, my entire website, or
> neither (just the picture) be released under GNU FDL?

I don't know.  

This probably applies:
>A compilation of the Document or its derivatives with other separate
>and independent documents or works, in or on a volume of a storage or
>distribution medium, is called an "aggregate" if the copyright
>resulting from the compilation is not used to limit the legal rights
>of the compilation's users beyond what the individual works permit.
>When the Document is included in an aggregate, this License does not
>apply to the other works in the aggregate which are not themselves
>derivative works of the Document.