COPYRIGHT BASICS FOR WIKIPEDIA
- The rules of copyright
- International
- The users are responsible
- US : section 512 of the DMCA
- France : article 6 of the LCEN
- International
- The GFDL
- A license
- The problems posed by Wikipedia
- Clearing the rights is difficult
- Re-using the content is not obvious
- Many requests from people who don't understand the GFDL or who need special documents
- Example of Boilrplate :
Hello
Documents on wikipedia are freely usable, even for a commercial use, as long as you respect the conditions mentionned by their license of use : the GNU FDL
It especially mentions that each time a document is used, it is necessary to publish the text of the GNU FDL and the list of authors.
Given the length of the text of the GNU FDL, you can reproduce its text by linking to its url. You can also reproduce the list of authors by linking to the url of the document, where people will be able to find its history.
For example, you can quote wikipedia with the following sentence :
--- from wikipedia, this document is available under the terms of the GNU FDL : http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html this document is available at : http://url of the document ---
Let us know if you would need a more precise "copyright release form".
Thus said, we cannot help you to get a specific document in the database. We do not provide such services and you will have to get the right picture by yourself. We cannot send you CDs or stuff like this. And we cannot provide you with specific formats of these images. Still, if you really need something special, you can try to contact the wikipedian who uploaded them. He could be able to help you.
Don't hesitate to contact us if you need more information.