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G-Day MyWikiBiz! Do you know anything about Wiki Editors publishing Wiki articles (in a book) and making money from it. I brought this book of the Internet called History of Dalmatia [http://www.amazon.com/History-Dalmatia-Dalmatia-Dalmatian-principalities/dp/6130027028]. It turned out to be 95% Wiki (maps & all). I though that Wiki was a '''non-profit''' organization. Without my knowledge I was surprised to see myself listed as a source author (& they got my statement wrong). [[User:Peter Z.|Peter Z.]] 22:51, 11 October 2009 (PDT)
G-Day MyWikiBiz! Do you know anything about Wiki Editors publishing Wiki articles (in a book) and making money from it. I brought this book of the Internet called History of Dalmatia [http://www.amazon.com/History-Dalmatia-Dalmatia-Dalmatian-principalities/dp/6130027028]. It turned out to be 95% Wiki (maps & all). I though that Wiki was a '''non-profit''' organization. Without my knowledge I was surprised to see myself listed as a source author (& they got my statement wrong). [[User:Peter Z.|Peter Z.]] 22:51, 11 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)