Talk:Polar low
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[edit] Article copied and pasted?
It looks like parts of the article have been directly copied and pasted from http://meted.ucar.edu/norlat/snow/polarlows/1.3_devofpolarlow.htm ; I don't think that is allowed...? AySz88^-^ 02:02, September 12, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] No violation
I have checked the website in question. The material is copyrighted to the University Corporation of Atmospheric Research. If you click on the "Legal Notice" at the bottom of the page (http://meted.ucar.edu/legal.htm) you will find the following statement in the "disclaimer" section:
- "Access to and use of the content on this Website shall impose the following obligations on the user. The user is granted the right, without any fee or cost, to access, link to and use, publish, distribute, disseminate, transfer, or in any manner alter, modify, revise, crop, copy (an unlimited number of times), edit, digitize, and authorize such uses for third parties for any non-profit training, research, or educational purpose whatsoever and not for any direct or indirect commercial purpose or advantage."
--One Salient Oversight 00:58, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
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- Wrong, this is a copyvio. This is a non-commercial licence which is not within the terms of Wikipedia. David Newton 00:15, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
