User talk:Kajinoz

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[edit] Art Gallery of South Australia

Please stop adding copyrighted text to this article from here. If you do not cease to do so, you run the risk of being blocked. Thanks, michael ^talk 06:09, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Unless text is explicitly free of copyright and is shown to be so, placing it on Wikipedia is both plagiarism and in conflict with the GNU free-use licence of Wikipedia text. Any improvement to South Australian articles is welcomed, and if you work for the Art Gallery you may be able to make great additions in that area, but we can't violate copyright. If you have any questions about Wikipedia, don't hesitate to ask, and please have a quick look at our policies and guidelines. Remember to sign your comments with four tides (~~~~). Thanks, michael ^talk 06:41, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Well the dilemma is that being the source of much of the info on the AGSA we have made this available to some external local websites as well a sour own website and published the text on our pamphlet on the Gallery. Of course we hold copyright for this. So, without having to rephrase the text can I GNU licence it somehow and then use it? I feel it would really add to the information on this important public collection. Cheers Kajinoz 07:00, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

If the Art Gallery (or any organisation/individual) wholly releases the copyright for the text, or licenses it under the GNU FDL, it can be used "as is" here. See Wikipedia:Copyrights. michael ^talk 07:04, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you that is very helpful, how do I actually release the text under the GNU licence? Kajinoz 07:09, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Gain permission from its owner. I do not know who that is. michael ^talk 07:13, 6 December 2006 (UTC)