copy content from Wikipedia and paste it in Google’s Knol?
Thursday, July 24th, 2008So can I take someone else’s hard work from Wikipedia - though it’s probably lots of peoples light work - and paste it into Google’s Knol, add some adwords and make a huge steaming pile of cash? Not likely.
From Wikipedia, GFDL (Text of the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL)):
“You may copy and distribute the Document [wikipedia article] in any medium, either commercially or noncommercially, provided that this [GFDL] License, the copyright notices, and the license notice saying this License applies to the Document are reproduced in all copies, and that you add no other conditions whatsoever to those of this [GFDL] License.”
As for modifications: