Talk:The Jews in Rhode Island

Jews of Rhode Island

According to notes with the text this was written in 1985. - illy 18:00, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

I'd tend to say that a single-edit that put up a small little-published book is probably the author, so we should push him for CC or GFDL, but I see http://www.dartmouth.edu/~upne/1-58465-424-4.html says the author is from Rhode Island, and the IP address that posted it comes from Boston. Sherurcij ^{(talk) (CRIMINALS ARE MADE, NOT BORN)} 18:32, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

I had the page put up by my student, since I couldn't understand the directions! I am on the Board of the Rhode Island Jewish Historical Association, and the information was published by us in 1985, and we own the copyright. I had previously put it up on Wikipedia, but was told that it belonged on Wikisource instead. Thus, the copyright is OK, since we own it. Ruth Breindel <eMail address removed just for the sake of possible spambots, still available in Page History>

Ruth, by putting this up here you are agreeing to allow the work to not only be altered and redistributed but also to allow commercial use. The idea behing the GFDL is: "to assure everyone the effective freedom to copy and redistribute it, with or without modifying it, either commercially or noncommercially." I suggest you take a look at the page here on GFDL and see if you can agree with the provisions of it. - illy 14:04, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

We are happy to have anyone use this information for research, etc. People are free to copyand redistribute it. Could you give me some more information about someone editing it? Thanks, Ruth

By editing, they are able to take this work, make any changes they want (whether such changes are factual or just stupid), translate it, use it as a base for a different work, etc.—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 16:47, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

For the time being, the Rhode Island Jewish Historical Association would like to have our article, Jews of Rhode Island, on Wikisource so that others may use it. If there are any other questions, please contact me. Thank you, Ruth Breindel

Tossed her a final eMail, just doublechecking she understands it has to be licensed under GFDL, will post hre reply here if she doesn't return herself. Cheers. Sherurcij ^{(talk) (CRIMINALS ARE MADE, NOT BORN)} 00:16, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

If she does understand the GFDL, could you forward the email to permissions at wikimedia dot org? That way, it's lodged with the legal team, and I can get someone from there to post a note on the talk page with the ticket number, etc. Jude (talk) 01:40, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Forwarded, and article reverted. Sherurcij ^{(talk) (CRIMINALS ARE MADE, NOT BORN)} 16:13, 6 August 2006 (UTC)