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> If you check the current proposals (http://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-12513-2018-I... http://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-12513-2018
by duckerude 8y ago
> If you check the current proposals (http://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-12513-2018-I... http://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-12513-2018-I...) you will find (page 93) that the Council inserted a specific exemption for wikipedia and open source code.
Specifically, it says
> The definition does not include services whose main purpose is not to provide access to copyright protected content with the purpose of obtaining profit from this activity. [...] Nor does this definition cover websites which store and provide access to content for non-for-profit purposes, such as online encyclopaedias, scientific or educational repositories or open source software developing platforms which do not store and give access to content for profit making purposes.