On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 8:34 AM, Istvan Soos <istvan.s...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm evaluating our legal options around commercially using wikipedia > content, if this is not the right forum, please let me know / forward > the question. It might be that the method I describe is not legally > possible, so if there is any similar situation that does or does not > work, please let me know either. I'd like to play safe in this field > and avoid potential issues. > > For the sake of example we would like to automatically convert the > page content to a different text and different format (e.g. > automatically create text extracts and compile it into a pdf document) > and sell it as part of a subscription service or even better as a > standalone product. We include all the attributions / links wherever > possible, and mark that the source of the product is Wikipedia. What > else are we required to do before the sell can happen? Is there any > fee or percentage that shall go back to mediawiki foundation in such > cases? Can we restrict the copy or re-distribution of such product? > For the later, I suppose there is nothing we can do, however this > seems to ruin the whole business model, doesn't it?
Hi Istvan, Others have already replied with answers to your specific questions, but for a more detailed overview of Wikipedia's licensing terms, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights and associated pages. (This is an English Wikipedia page, but the information generally applies to other languages as well.) Austin _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l