Talk:Hammond organ
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Much of this text is taken from the linked Wiki page -- do you have permission from the copyright owner(s) to do this?
I see that HammondWiki is under the Open Content License: is this compatible with the GFDL?
Technically, we can't even use GFDL-licensed text without paying attention to credits and changes, and the OPL is even more specific. We can use the text, but we must cite its source and note the fact that it has been modified. --LDC
RMS doesn't seem to think the OpenContent License is even a free documentation license at all: "This license does not qualify as free, because there are restrictions on charging money for copies. We recommend you not use this license" (source: Comments on the OpenContent License (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#NonFreeDocumentationLicenses)).
I recommend deleting the parent article. (I myself am not going to do it because of what happened today with Green party vs. Green Party vs. Green Parties; I don't want to get myself banned for vandalism.)
The OPL does place restrictions on the use of the text. But Wikipedia's use doesn't violate them, so I'm restoring it. However, I included a notice that other uses of this text may not be as free as use of Wikipedia text in general. If someone else trips on that, that's their problem. --LDC
Shouldn't the article name be Hammond organ?
Note: the HammondWiki material is licenced under the OPL, which is incompatible with the GFDL, and so cannot be copied here, except by the original contributors of that material. The Wikipedia submit form explicity requires submissions to be GFDL-licenced, which cannot be done without violating the OPL. The Anome 10:48 12 Jun 2003 (UTC)
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I've put this into category:electronic music instruments as it seems the best fit, but category:amplified instruments is another possibility. It seems silly to create a special category:electric musical instruments as AFAIK this will be the only article to belong in it, and not in these existing two categories. But that's really where this article belongs; The Hammond is neither electronic nor amplified, strictly speaking, it's purely electric. I'm very interested in other views. Andrewa 20:57, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
