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Is copying content from Wikipedia.com legal/ethical?

April 26, 2017content Ethical Legal wikipedia.com

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Is copying content from Wikipedia.com legal/ethical?

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Yes, under the Creative Commons Share-Alike license, it is legal and ethical to use current content on Wikipedia to seed a new/blank wiki. Since we have been sure to leave the page history intact from the Wikipedia seeded pages, we have taken the measures necessary to ensure that we are following the guidelines of the Creative Commons Share-Alike license and any other copyright(s) that may be in place. Keep in mind that any of the content on wiki.GIS.com can be shared in the same way that the content on Wikipedia can be shared and used by the community.