[Wikilegal-l] Re: [Wikipedia-l] Public Library of Science GFDL Compatible

Thu Oct 30 17:08:21 UTC 2003

>Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 09:37:01 -0700
>To: Jimmy Wales <jwales at bomis.com>
>From: Fred Bauder <fredbaud at ctelco.net>
>Subject: Re: [Wikilegal-l] Re: [Wikipedia-l] Public Library of Science
>GFDL 	Compatible
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>>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/1.0/legalcode
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>>I never understood why he thought so, though.  He may have explained
>>it to me in a way that I ought to have understood, nevertheless I didn't
>>and still don't.
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>>Read in particular 4(a) at the link I give above.
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>>--Jimbo
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>I find this language particularly interesting:
>
>"If You create a Collective Work, upon notice from any Licensor You must,
>to the extent practicable, remove from the Collective Work any reference
>to such Licensor or the Original Author, as requested. If You create a
>Derivative Work, upon notice from any Licensor You must, to the extent
>practicable, remove from the Derivative Work any reference to such
>Licensor or the Original Author, as requested."
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>We, of course, are both a collective and derivative work.
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>Fred
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