[Foundation-l] Wikibooks NL is changing License

Kim Bruning kim at bruning.xs4all.nl
Fri Mar 23 02:22:38 UTC 2007


On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 10:40:00PM +0000, Thomas Dalton wrote:
> I strongly suggest you seek legal advice before proceeding.

This specific concept is public knowlege. It has been heavily advertised
both online and offline [1] as a good compromise and legal solution by
Lawrence Lessig (a Law Professor at Stanford Law School). 

Many people already implement this particular method [2].

read you soon,
	Kim Bruning

[1] Including many (public) speeches around the world, including a
speech at wikimania 2006.

[2] For instance, en.wikipedia offers this exact licensing option for
images in a pulldown menu. This option has also been heavily advertised
elsewhere wikimedia community, for many years.

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