[Foundation-l] Re: Copyright issues...walking on thin ice

Wed Aug 11 14:42:15 UTC 2004

Toby Bartels wrote:
> This is fine (both legally IMO but IANAL, and ethically IMO but IANRMS),
> as long as you keep the Wikipedia parts clearly separate from your material
> (and also include the FDL notice for the Wikipedia excerpts, of course).
> What you can't do under this scheme is to intermingle the article excerpts
> with your own words -- without placing your own words under the licence.

I think this is exactly right.  With text, what constitutes keeping
things "clearly separate" may have a large grey area. With images, it
is much simpler.

--Jimbo