User talk:BReimer

Jack Shaver

This is an automated message from CorenSearchBot. I have performed a web search with the contents of Jack Shaver, and it appears to include a substantial copy of http://reimer.concordia.ca/Shaver/Biography/LongBio.htm. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences.

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The website's copyright statement states "You are free to make use of these materials for personal or public purposes so long as they are not for profit."[1] That is not compatible with the GFDL which allows for commercial usage. If you hold copyright for the material, you can have the website update that page to say released under the GFDL or have them send an email to "permissions-en AT wikimedia DOT org" from an address that is identifiable as being authorized to provide such permission. While you may have written the original materials, that website is the one claiming copyright over it. Let me know if you have more questions. Thanks. -- JLaTondre 01:18, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the quick (and thorough) response.

If I were to delete the bio page from the Shaver website, then I think that the Wiki Shaver site would meet the GFDL copyright conditions since the other page would not exist. Is this true?

I would then be free to reinstall the bio from on the Shaver site at a later point - since I can copy (and reference) some of the material from Wiki without violating the GFDL conditions. Since I am the author for both pieces, this seems the simplest approach. Is this okay? --BReimer (talk) 01:46, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, that would demonstrate you have control over the other page. However, it's not the simplest. You could just add "This page released under the terms of the GFDL" on the other page and that would do it. -- JLaTondre 02:12, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've done it. How do I reinstate the Wiki page? --BReimer (talk) 02:29, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've restored it. -- JLaTondre 02:34, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much for your useful and quick responses. This is a very inmpressive contribution! --BReimer (talk) 02:55, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image copyright problem with Image:JackInWorkshop01s.jpg

Image Copyright problem

Hi BReimer!
We thank you for uploading Image:JackInWorkshop01s.jpg, but there is a problem. Your image is currently missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. Unless you can help by adding a copyright tag, it may be deleted by an Administrator. If you know this information, then we urge you to add a copyright tag to the image description page. We apologize for this, but all images must confirm to policy on Wikipedia.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks so much for your cooperation.
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