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List:       wikipedia-l
Subject:    Re: [Wikipedia-l] Force user to choose a licence when uploading data
From:       Till Westermayer <till () tillwe ! de>
Date:       2004-03-21 17:01:00
Message-ID: 95Jlrw48bzB () westermayer-74391 ! user ! cis ! dfn ! de
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>> What about {{msg:CopyrightedFreeUseProvided}}, which takes an
>> "argument" (text following the tag)?  Perhaps a text field after
>> the license choice?

>My only concern about this approach is that most people don't
>understand anything about copyright.  Asking them to choose a
>license under those circumstances is like rolling dice.  It would
>be nice if the license choices were accompanied by a brief outline
>of the implications of each choice.

This could also be done by making them Wikilinks, either to something
like [[Public Domain]], or to something like [[Wikipedia:Copyright
Police#Public Domain]].

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