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Copyleft and Wikipedia

What do I need to do to comply

         

surfgatinho

12:53 pm on Aug 21, 2004 (gmt 0)

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I've found a few articles on Wikipedia that I'd like to use on one of my sites as the information is extremely well researched and relevant.

As far as I can tell the idea of CopyLeft is I can use the content but I have to include the GNU terms saying any one else is free to do so.

What I'm wondering is if I only want to use certain parts of the material how does this effect the terms.

Also do I need to include any specific credits?

Thanks in advance
Chris

Longhaired Genius

2:08 pm on Aug 21, 2004 (gmt 0)

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From: [en.wikipedia.org...]

"Wikipedia content can be copied, modified, and redistributed so long as the new version grants the same freedoms to others and acknowledges the authors of the Wikipedia article used (a direct link back to the article satisfies our author credit requirement)."

You can use as much or as little as you like as long as you include a direct link to the original article.

Everything is spelled out in Users Rights and Obligations: [en.wikipedia.org...]

surfgatinho

2:43 pm on Aug 21, 2004 (gmt 0)

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Thanks for that genius.
It's more or less what I figured but I didn't want to end up getting an irrate email or worse.