[WikiEN-l] Re: Copyright and Britannica Article List

Sun Jun 26 08:16:03 UTC 2005

BTW, Henry does have one request for his mentally disabled grandnephew
"Booty Shrub", if you could kindly let me know how to comunicate any
absolute necessary words of wisdom to Booty, he would appreciate it. But
Henry really can't hang on much longer. Young Booty doesn't understand
qmail as well as some. It is safe only one way now. Thank You.

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Henry Kissinger"
  To: "English Wikipedia"
  Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Re: Copyright and Britannica Article List
  Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 02:50:10 -0500

  >
  > Thank You. BTW, It is time for Dear old Henry to rest in the U.N.
  up in
  > the great beyond. I sense he only has a few more hours.
  >
  > ----- Original Message -----
  > From: Alphax
  > To: "English Wikipedia"
  > Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Re: Copyright and Britannica Article List
  > Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 17:12:35 +0930
  >
  > >
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  > > Martin Richards wrote:
  > > > Michael Snow wrote;
  > > >>
  > > >> It would depend on how Safeway created the list. If Safeway
  > > >> sends employees to WalMart stores to write down every item
  they
  > > >> can find
  > > >> that Safeway doesn't offer, that's entirely legitimate because
  > > >> there's no copying (in the copyright sense) involved. If
  Safeway
  > > >> somehow obtains WalMart master internal list of merchandise
  and
  > > >> takes information from it, then they are copying.
  > > >
  > > > I am 90% sure these lists were not copied, but generated. So it
  > would
  > > > be more akin to writing down every item as opposed to copying
  an
  > > > internal master list. This would would of course have to be
  > confirmed
  > > > with user:Bogdangiusca who first uploaded the lists.
  > > >
  > > > thanks Martin (User:Bluemoose)
  > > >
  > >
  > > I don't there there would be an electronic "list of Britannica
  > articles"
  > > anywhere, unless someone generated it; if a Wikipedian generated
  it
  > and
  > > placed it on Wikipedia, that is clearly a creative work covered
  by
  > the
  > > GFDL. And even more creative work would have gone into
  subtracting
  > the
  > > articles which already exist. Hence I don't think Britannica has
  > > anything on us; but if they copied our list and said "here is a
  > list of
  > > articles we have that Wikipedia doesn't", and didn't will out the
  > > correct paperwork, we could do them for GFDL violation :)
  > >
  > > - --
  > > Alphax
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  > > There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be
  > done,'
  > > and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.'
  -
  > C. S.
  > > Lewis
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