On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Gregor Hagedorn <g.m.haged...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Yea, I was erring on the side of caution here. Any fully automated import >> would have to skip any free text, because it *might* be protected. >> > > I think there is a danger to be overly cautious. The purpose of infoboxes > is to express knowledge in a consise way. One might want to add an > additional protection by refusing any text that consists of more than 3 > sentences or a given number of words (20?). But free form text like (from > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysql): > > License <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_license> GNU General > Public License <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License> > (version > 2, with linking exception<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPL_linking_exception>) > or proprietary EULA <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EULA> > > is not creative and thus not copyright protected. > Sure, but what if it was "GPL <ref>It used to be WTFPL license until 20-3-2012 when they got in legal trouble in [[sharks vs dolphins]], which resulted in the doctrine that "mammals have restricted rights in international waters unless holding an European country flag.</ref>"
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