I would suggest, quietly, that these books suggest that we endorse their
use of the work. There's also the issue of our 'moral rights', which in
some countries would mean that we could get our names removed from the
text....
Richard Symonds
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On 06/03/2012 08:39, Neil Babbage wrote:
So, correct WMF is not the author and this should be changed. Listing people as editors
of a book using material from WP or any other project is acceptable. The terms of use and
licenses simply require the appropriate attribution and you'd need to buy the book to
confirm if this has or hasn't been done. However my view on this is that this reuse was
exactly what was intended when the decision was made to make the content freely available
and we aren't in a position to complain now. If this wasn't intended then Jimbo could
have started WP with a "no commercial use" license. Sure it seems a rip off to
us but there are always going to be people who buy stuff they could get for free -
bottled water anyone?
Personally I'd like to see someone set up a pay wall version of WP that has strict
content control making it available to those groups that won't trust or use WP because of
its free-for-all nature. Someone will make money but more knowledge will be spread which
I think outweighs the "evil" of charging a fee...
Neil / QuiteUnusual@Wikibooks
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From: Sarah<slimvir...@gmail.com>
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Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 19:27:39
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Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Author "Wikimedia Foundation" at Barnes&Nobles
shop on Nook
I also wish the Wikimedia Foundation would do something about these books.
Here is one by me, or by Wikipedia, but NOT by Frederic P. Miller,
Agnes F. Vandome (Editor), and John McBrewster (Editor).
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/marshalsea-frederic-p-miller/1028062431?ean=9786130034771&itm=1&usri=marshalsea
The byline apart, it's disturbing that someone might be conned into
paying $77 for it, when they can download it for free.
Sarah
On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 6:24 PM, RYU Cheol<rch...@gmail.com> wrote:
You can find that at this link.
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wikibooks-wikimedia-foundation/1102082833?ean=2940012379689&itm=1&usri=wikimedia+foundation
I think anybody can sell well organized ebook on commercially.
But the author is not the Wimedia Foundation exactly. I think the seller eM
publication's business is illegitimate. It is a trademark infringement if
the foundation did not permit the use.
Cheol
2012/3/5 RYU Cheol<rch...@gmail.com>
Hi, all!
I searched "Wikimedia Foundation" by chance and a lot of Wikibooks,
possibly collections of Wikipedia articles. The author of the books is
"Wikimedia Foundation." I don't think Wikimedia Foundation is selling the
e-books for 2~3 dollars, and I think it is a fraud. Many buyer commented
that they want their money back.
I think the Foundation needs to find out the case and alert the bookshop.
Cheol
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