Mailing List Archive: Using the GNU FDL

You do not need to use the GNU FDL and can choose any terms of copyright you
chose.

Fred

> From: "Dan McCann" <info@realpixel.com>
> Reply-To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list
> <mediawiki-l@Wikimedia.org>
> Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 17:54:00 -0700
> To: <mediawiki-l@Wikimedia.org>
> Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Using the GNU FDL
>
> Pardon me for asking this question, as I'm sure it's been asked repeatedly,
> but it's difficult to search these archives, and I haven't been able to find
> the answer on the Wikimedia web site. I am thinking about using Wikimedia
> software for a non-profit corporation I am a part of. One of our main
> concerns is the GNU FDL. Are we required, by virtue of using the Wikimedia
> software, to license our content using the GNU FDL? Can we protect our
> content from unauthorized distribution or modification with our own
> copyright notice and use statement, rather than using the GNU FDL?
>
> Thanks
> Dan McCann
>
>
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