[Foundation-l] Baidupedia copyvio collections

Fri Jun 13 17:38:18 UTC 2008

On Jun 13, 2008, at 12:52 PM, Ray Saintonge wrote:

> effe iets anders wrote:
>>
>> Having no authors on the website is something that is reversible, but
>> not having the license mentioned is not. The issue is much more
>> pressing imho. I think this would also give the chance to compliment
>> Baidu in some way: we would beleive that they will improve our text!
>>
>>
> Sorry to say this, but I think you mean "complement".  They don't
> deserve "compliments" for their behaviour. ;-)
> Mixing those two up is a common error, even among native English  
> speakers
>
> We should feel free to use their material when it is substantially  
> based
> on a Wikipedia article.  We should then give due credit to Baidu in  
> the
> article's history.  They wouldn't dare sue us for that! (Evil :-P )
> Defending a legal action is much easier than prosecuting one.
>
> Naturally a complementary relationship would be preferable.
>
> Ec

Complementary is only a step or two away from parasitic (such as their  
relationship to us), but I too agree with this that where they have  
worthwhile material that is something we can import under the GFDL, we  
should do so. And if they don't like it, we can kindly point out that  
they're doing the same to us but violating the license terms as well.

-Dan