MediaWiki talk:History copyright
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An admin needs to fix the link on the page -- it currently reads <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Text_of_the_GNU _Free_Documentation_License">GFDL</a>.
Format it like this: GFDL (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Text_of_the_GNU_Free_Documentation_License) or GFDL.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Text_of_the_GNU_Free_Documentation_License GFDL]or
[[Wikipedia:Text_of_the_GNU_Free_Documentation_License|GFDL]]
-24.119.67.20 16:57, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
The motives for the creation of this was to remove the need for any kind of wikipedia:terms of use - the thinking being that merely reading the encyclopedia should not have terms of use. I don't object to that.
The initial version was somewhat longer. However, it was considered more legally scary, so a shorter version was found. It mentions the name of the law (section 108) to remove ambiguity, and because we trust Alex756's judgement. The law required a "possibly copyrighted" notice, so we put that in too.
See also Wikipedia talk:Copyright violations on history pages.
Martin 16:01, 3 Jul 2004 (UTC)