MyWikiBiz, Author Your Legacy — Sunday October 20, 2024
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| :My understanding of the the various free licenses (GFDL and CC) that Wikipedia has foisted on the world, is that anyone is free to re-use the content either in non-commercial or in commercial settings, so long as they properly attribute the content to its source/authors, and they in turn re-release the content under the same license. This is one of the most interesting aspects of free licenses, and a reason to very carefully consider whether you want to put too much sweat and labor into content that is so released. Judging from this particular book's publisher (@lphascript publishing), I'll venture a guess that the total value of the profits going to the pocket of John McBrewster (et al) is less than the cost of dinner for four at Macaroni Grill. I have yet to see someone get rich off of re-purposing free content, other than Jimmy Wales, Sue Gardner, Mike Godwin, and the rest of the Wikimedia Foundation team. -- [[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 08:11, 12 October 2009 (PDT) | | :My understanding of the the various free licenses (GFDL and CC) that Wikipedia has foisted on the world, is that anyone is free to re-use the content either in non-commercial or in commercial settings, so long as they properly attribute the content to its source/authors, and they in turn re-release the content under the same license. This is one of the most interesting aspects of free licenses, and a reason to very carefully consider whether you want to put too much sweat and labor into content that is so released. Judging from this particular book's publisher (@lphascript publishing), I'll venture a guess that the total value of the profits going to the pocket of John McBrewster (et al) is less than the cost of dinner for four at Macaroni Grill. I have yet to see someone get rich off of re-purposing free content, other than Jimmy Wales, Sue Gardner, Mike Godwin, and the rest of the Wikimedia Foundation team. -- [[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 08:11, 12 October 2009 (PDT) |
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| + | :I also find it extremely entertaining, as I go to write a review of the book on Amazon.com, that after writing my blurb, Amazon suggests the following handy "tags" to annotate my thoughts: |
| + | ::Tag Suggestions (click to add): rip-off, croatia, wikipedia, lies, sham, deceptive, ripoff, john mcbrewster |
| + | :That ought to keep the cash register ringing! -- [[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 08:14, 12 October 2009 (PDT) |