Yeah this is true. There are many such reports recently. Among many wikipedians also there is a common misconception that all the content and images in wikipedia are copyright-free. :)
May be we need to start using the word *Copyleft *to address all the free licenses. Usgae of words like Creative commons/GFDL and so on may confuse people who doesn't have much aware about free licenses. On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 5:22 AM, Anivar Aravind <anivar.arav...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 7:43 AM, CherianTinu Abraham > <tinucher...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The Hindu : "Now, copyright-free maps of States, districts, panchayats" > > http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article1697940.ece > > In the last few news reports , the "copyright free" phrase is > repeating. This is worrying. > I think we should try to correct the reporters or try to give an > explanation about the > copyright of wiki project content. All the content in wiki projects are not > "copyright free", but uses a permissive copyright or copyleft as its > is popularly known. > > I think Wiki Activists also need this sensitizations to communicate > licensing well to reporters & public. > > Anivar > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >
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