[WikiEN-l] Baidupedia (the downside to free content?)

Fri May 12 17:04:35 UTC 2006

On 5/12/06, Steve Block <steve.block at myrealbox.com> wrote:
> Anthony DiPierro wrote:
>
> > Anyone know if they use the actual content from Wikipedia or not?
>
> If they are and they aren't citing authors, aren't they in breach of the
> GFDL.  And if that's the case, can we sue?  Please?
>
> Steve block

One problem is that it's *impossible* to follow the GFDL for a
verbatim copy of a Wikipedia article.  The Wikipedia articles
themselves don't even follow the GFDL, as they don't contain any of
the author information.

Anthony