Import a GEDCOM I found online?

Question

My GEDCOM contains a lot of entries imported from one I found online created by someone else.  Is this ok to upload?  I know factual data isn't subject to copyright, but maybe other content within the file is?  Is there a way to give credit?

Answer 1

A couple of thoughts. If the entries in the GEDCOM have no source info, I'd say no. You wouldn't be adding much value to wikitree by uploading unsourced profiles.  Also you should not copy someone else's work without their permission. See the wikitree honor code  

If you do have their permission and the profiles have sources, your genealogy program should have the capability to add a source to every person at the time you export it. You could make that source be the information about the origins and researcher of the original GEDCOM

Comments

Here is the file I was using: http://kornfamily.org/kornfamil.ged  http://kornfamily.org/snyder.pdf    http://kornfamily.org/   So I should separate out only the few dozen entries I have personally verified and add those?  Or every single entry needs a source?