Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: FOSDEM update
Hi, by then WMBE might already be founded and affiliated. However, we already have people willing to work on this aswell. If you need any local assistance, feel free to get in touch. Dimi 2013/9/25 Quim Gil q...@wikimedia.org Hi, just a heads up about http://fosdem.org - Brussels 1 2 Feb 2014. One of the biggest and coolest grassroots open source events in the World - and the main one in Europe. European orgs and individuals loving software freedom: Wikimedia wants to have a stand. Let's do something cool! Get involved. Discussion better at https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/Events/FOSDEMhttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Events/FOSDEMor wikitech-l. Thank you! PS: read below Original Message Subject: FOSDEM update Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 10:39:58 -0700 From: Quim Gil q...@wikimedia.org To: Wikimedia developers wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.**orgwikitec...@lists.wikimedia.org Hi, about FOSDEM - https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/Events/FOSDEMhttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Events/FOSDEM Brussels / 1 2 February 2014 On 1 Oct we will know whether our proposal for a Wiki DevRoom has been accepted or not. This is a DevRoom we have proposed together with XWiki and TikiWiki and is open to all wiki topics. If we we get it accepted we will organize a call for participation for this DevRoom. The call for main track session proposals is open until 1 Oct. https://fosdem.org/2014/news/**2013-08-06-call-for-**participation/https://fosdem.org/2014/news/2013-08-06-call-for-participation/ ... and the call for lightning talks and stands is open until 20 Nov. https://fosdem.org/2014/news/**2013-09-17-call-for-** participation-part-two/https://fosdem.org/2014/news/2013-09-17-call-for-participation-part-two/ You are encouraged to submit lightning talk proposals! Don worry if you are unsure between submitting a session for a lightning talk or a devroom: you can contact both and then they suggest you what to do. Wikimedia wants to have a stand, and we have received an offer to help from the nascent Wikimedia Belgium chapter. Probably more help can be aggregated from CH, DE, FR, NL, UK + other tech contributors in the region? Let's do something really cool! To be discussed. -- Quim Gil Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/**User:Qgilhttp://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil __**_ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.**org Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-lhttps://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@**lists.wikimedia.orgwikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org ?subject=**unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Planned school curriculum by MPAA
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 9:09 PM, Tyler Romeo tylerro...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Andrew Lih andrew@gmail.com wrote: I'd be OK if they simply gave some space in the training materials to talk about public domain, free licenses and fair use. That's not likely to happen given who's in control of those lesson plans. You're still just arguing about the correctness of the material. I agree that this curriculum is stupid and misleading, but that doesn't explain why the WMF should care enough to make a statement, or even continue discussion, about it. One alternative option would be to work with the Education folks and create Wikimedia centric lesson plans for teachers to use that share the values people are expressing. These can be linked on education outreach pages, distributed to chapters, etc. Or general handouts can be made that explain these concepts ad the linked on https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bookshelf . This is a nice option because it is pro-active and community driven. If some one does approach the WMF externally asking for support on this issue, they have the materials to then work with. -- twitter: purplepopple blog: ozziesport.com ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: FOSDEM update
Hi Quim and Dimi, Wikimedia UK is more than happy to help with this too. Please do let me know what we can do to be of greatest assistance. Thanks and regards, Stevie On 26 September 2013 07:48, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov dimitar.parvanov.dimit...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, by then WMBE might already be founded and affiliated. However, we already have people willing to work on this aswell. If you need any local assistance, feel free to get in touch. Dimi 2013/9/25 Quim Gil q...@wikimedia.org Hi, just a heads up about http://fosdem.org - Brussels 1 2 Feb 2014. One of the biggest and coolest grassroots open source events in the World - and the main one in Europe. European orgs and individuals loving software freedom: Wikimedia wants to have a stand. Let's do something cool! Get involved. Discussion better at https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/Events/FOSDEM https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Events/FOSDEMor wikitech-l. Thank you! PS: read below Original Message Subject: FOSDEM update Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 10:39:58 -0700 From: Quim Gil q...@wikimedia.org To: Wikimedia developers wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.**org wikitec...@lists.wikimedia.org Hi, about FOSDEM - https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/Events/FOSDEM https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Events/FOSDEM Brussels / 1 2 February 2014 On 1 Oct we will know whether our proposal for a Wiki DevRoom has been accepted or not. This is a DevRoom we have proposed together with XWiki and TikiWiki and is open to all wiki topics. If we we get it accepted we will organize a call for participation for this DevRoom. The call for main track session proposals is open until 1 Oct. https://fosdem.org/2014/news/**2013-08-06-call-for-**participation/ https://fosdem.org/2014/news/2013-08-06-call-for-participation/ ... and the call for lightning talks and stands is open until 20 Nov. https://fosdem.org/2014/news/**2013-09-17-call-for-** participation-part-two/ https://fosdem.org/2014/news/2013-09-17-call-for-participation-part-two/ You are encouraged to submit lightning talk proposals! Don worry if you are unsure between submitting a session for a lightning talk or a devroom: you can contact both and then they suggest you what to do. Wikimedia wants to have a stand, and we have received an offer to help from the nascent Wikimedia Belgium chapter. Probably more help can be aggregated from CH, DE, FR, NL, UK + other tech contributors in the region? Let's do something really cool! To be discussed. -- Quim Gil Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/**User:Qgil http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil __**_ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.**org Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@**lists.wikimedia.org wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org ?subject=**unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Stevie Benton Communications Organiser Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 @StevieBenton Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Who will host Wikimedia Conference 2014? Bidding process is open!
Hello again, FYI: WMDE has just posted their bid to host Wikimedia Conference 2014. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Future_of_the_Wikimedia_Conference#Application_1:_WMDE The deadline for the bidding process is approaching: 30 September is the last day to enter your bid on Meta. There are now 7 people on the location committee: Itzik (WMIL), Ilario (WMCH/IT), Arnaugir (Amical), Osmar (WMAR) from the affiliations plus Asaf (WMF), Bence (AffCom), Mike (FDC). Thanks to all of you to step up for this important task! After the comittee has decided about the hosting organisation (by 15 October) we should all continue with defining the goals and desired outcomes and work on the programme together. Please feel invited to provide your thoughts and input on Meta already – or volunteer to be on the programme committee yourselves. :) Cheers, Nicole On 20 September 2013 14:34, Bence Damokos bdamo...@gmail.com wrote: The name conference doesn't mean that it has to stick to the traditional conference format. Indeed, one of the suggested discussion topics (both in general, and for the actual programme committee) is to consider different formats and approaches (e.g. using the event for capacity building workshops, leadership training for board members, etc.) – input, and volunteers with good ideas for the programme committee would be very welcome at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Future_of_the_Wikimedia_Conference Best regards, Bence On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Balázs Viczián balazs.vicz...@wikimedia.hu wrote: You;re still not getting my point so let me reword myself: I'm debating wheter specifically this event (in its current form, as it seemingly lacks general interest plus turns into a 'mini Wikimania') is the best way for that what Jon says; no argument against wheter it is necessary or not. Small, dedicated workshops are usually have more success and value than such general conferences. Also, I saw many arguments that these unscheduled, here-and-there advertised thematic meetups (paralel to the main body of the conference) were more useful and fruitful than the main body. A lot of guys holding 'important' positions are usually missing the main body of the event at all due to these. Then why to stick to a conference? Set up workshops: you may put them paralell if you want for cost effectiveness. (for example 3 days, 6 workshops in two streams) Balazs 2013/9/20 Craig Franklin cfrank...@halonetwork.net Hi, A few people asked me with varying degrees of seriousness about this in Hong Kong, so I'll just put this out there and say that Wikimedia Australia will not be in a position to host this event in 2014. Regards, Craig Franklin President - Wikimedia Australia On 16 September 2013 22:11, Nicole Ebber nicole.eb...@wikimedia.de wrote: Dear Wikimedia friends, following up on the emails Asaf and I sent a few weeks ago, I have now drafted the bidding process to decide upon the location for next year’s Wikimedia Conference. This event will not only host the annual Chapters’/Affiliates’ conference, but also the WMF board, FDC and AffCom meetings and is meant to take place in April 2014 (tbc). https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Future_of_the_Wikimedia_Conference#Bidding_process_for_hosting_the_next_Wikimedia_Conference == LOCATION COMMITTEE == I would like to see a small location committee (3 representatives of affiliates, 1 AffCom and 1 WMF) to decide about the hosting chapter. Asaf and Bence already agreed upon joining the committee, and it would be nice to see someone from WMIT there, as they have the freshest experience. So if you have severe experience with conference organisation, please consider joining the committee now! == WANNA HOST WMCON 2014? == All chapters who are interested in organising the conference in 2014 are invited to place a short bid on Meta. The bids should be made until 30 September, a decision should be available before 15 October. The winning organisation will be responsible for all the logistics, as in: venue, catering, travel and visa arrangements, accommodation, technical equipment, social events, communication with and support for the participants, coordination with the programme committee and the facilitators. I hope that if we can take the logistics and location for granted, this will help us focus on the content and sustainability of the event. I have written more about the programme part on Meta. Thanks to Asaf and Bence for giving their valuable input to the set-up of this process. Since WMDE has kind of a traditional interest in having a good conference, I am happy to take a leading role in organising this process. Any help is highly appreciated! I am looking forward to an exciting Wikimedia Conference 2014. \o/ Nicole -- Nicole Ebber International Affairs
Re: [Wikimedia-l] It's time to reclaim the community logo
Hi, Can the WMF still enforce the trademark during the cool-off period? Thanks, Strainu 2013/9/26 John Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com: Hi, Further to our announcement on September 21, the opposition has been formally filed before the European Union’s Office of Harmonization for the Internal Market (OHIM) on September 25. You can read the opposition filing in the documents section of the EU trademark application[1]. Additionally, an opposition observation has been filed but it is not yet available to the public at the URL mentioned above; our limited understanding is that it will be published there in the coming days. We’ll keep everyone informed on this aspect. So what is next? The OHIM will now review the Notice of Opposition to determine that the opposition is admissible. This takes a few weeks. If the notice of opposition is found to be admissible, the 'cooling-off period' commences.[2] The 'cooling-off period' allows the parties can either negotiate an agreement, and either party may withdraw their claim to the mark without incurring additional costs. This period lasts between two months and two years. It is important that everyone understands that there is no need to act hastily. If the WMF and community need time to find the right solution, we will have two years. The WMF set the timetable by applying for this trademark, and they have not withdrawn that application or responded appropriately to community calls for this to be re-evaluated. The WMF was informed in March that we viewed the trademark registration as unacceptable. Even after our announcement on September 21, the WMF has not addressed the heart of the issue; they have chosen to focus the community attention on a new approach, a collective trademark, rather than consider the erosion of the Commons by their trademarking of a public domain logo against the intentions of the author of the logo. Contrary to the WMF’s claims on their ‘Request for consultation’[3], we have never said that the opposition needed to be filed on September 23. We are aware that we could have delayed the opposition until December. As the opposition process is able to proceed through the non-adversarial phase for two years, we believe it is appropriate that a properly focused formal process should commence now. During the first two months of the cooling-off period, we request that the WMF provides a brief to the community explaining why they believe they have a legal claim to the community logo, given that the board knew it was selected in order that the community did not need to request authorisation.[4] We also encourage the WMF to publish their research on collective trademarks, so that the community can make an informed decision about the utility of this approach. It is our understanding that, in the EU at least, the WMF will need to abandon their current trademark registration if they are to apply for a collective trademark. Regards, John Vandenberg == References == * [1] http://oami.europa.eu/CTMOnline/RequestManager/en_Detail_NoReg?deno=idappli=1152038transition=ResultsDetailed * [2] http://oami.europa.eu/ows/rw/pages/CTM/regProcess/opposition.en.do * [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Logo/Request_for_consultation#Notes * [4] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2008-September/045702.html ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikidag 2013
Hello Ole, A lot of thanks for your brief but rather informative report. There is one point (of your report) that is of most interest for us in WMUA: *The general assembly criticised the board soundly* Would you please provide some idea (with some details if possible) what was the main topics/subjects of the criticism? ...was that criticism unexpected (so Board members were sudden) or there was something in advance - in chapter mailing list or elsewhere? You are the Formand at Wikimedia Danmark, right? I presume it's equivalent to Chairman of the Board or President of WMDK. What is your own perception of the criticism (particularly on Wikidag 2013) and critics? Some our (WMUA) Board members tend to treat criticism as their 'demotivation', 'trolling to distract from creativeproductive work', even 'shooting into the head from behind' etc. What about that in WMDK? I was intend to ask such question anyhow, but my doubts vaporised when I noticed this https://twitter.com/kim_bach/status/382750945794600960 twit and (with help of Google Translate) grasped Kim Bach' blog post. Sincerely, Pavlo On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 9:52 PM, Ole Palnatoke Andersen o...@palnatoke.orgwrote: Hi! We have just concluded Wikidag 2013 in Denmark, a conference day ending with the general assembly of Wikimedia Danmark. We had six external speakers - three from various organisations, one from OpenStreetMap, and two of my personal favourite women-on-the-net-with-an-agenda. The crowd was kinda small, but the discussions were great. The general assembly criticised the board soundly, yet ended up reelecting everybody except the alternate auditor. Links: Call + programme: https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikidag_2013 Storify thingie: http://storify.com/kim_bach/wikidag2013 Hashtags: #wikidag and #wikidag2013 Recap (in progress): http://dk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidag_2013 Everything is in Danish, and if your favourite translation service won't help, just ask :-) regards, Ole, Wikimedia Danmark -- http://palnatoke.org * @palnatoke * +4522934588 ___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Planned school curriculum by MPAA
On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 12:40 AM, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote: On 25 September 2013 19:33, Andrew Lih andrew@gmail.com wrote: It has something to do with countering falsehoods and educating folks about the full range of content rights. Their 2nd grade materials state: Property comes in many forms: when we buy a book, we own that book. It’s our property, but we don’t own the right to reproduce that book and then sell it or give it away. That’s stealing. Um, no. A Creative Commons SA book, The course covers creative commons. Not that I can see. Creative Commons in not in the lesson plan for 2nd graders. http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/threatlevel/2013/09/Grade-2-Copyright-Lesson.pdf Creative Commons is introduced in 5th grade. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] It's time to reclaim the community logo
Dariusz Jemielniak, 26/09/2013 18:38: I'm only wondering whether the group filing for the opposition will be willing to agree with the community at large, if a consensus supporting WMF filing for a collective trademark is established (and as a result, drop the case) or whether the community's view is not going to be considered (I'm not judging, just asking) Thanks for the question. I believe it's already answered in our message: «If *the WMF and community* need time to find the right solution [...]» etc. (bold added). Nemo ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Community consultation on trademark practices and Community logo
Below is an attempt to try and unjumble the email that it looks like mailman had some trouble with :) - Hi all, We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has constructively participated in the ongoing trademark practices consultation that we started several months ago. Please feel free to continue your participation there, since all issues continue to remain open for discussion.[1] We would also like to invite community members to join the ongoing discussion regarding the trademark protection of the Community logo that we posted on Monday: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Logo/Request_for_consultation. Our goal is to obtain clear direction from the community on how we should proceed with respect to the registration of the Community logo and whether we should pursue a collective membership mark for the community. Our current consultation is part of an ongoing discussion regarding this logo. We joined this discussion on the talk page for the Community logo and Wikimedia thematic organizations.[2] We then initiated a broader discussion on trademarks in June, where the discussion on the Community logo continued.[1] That trademark practice discussion remains open and active, and we have been responding to a wide array of important issues thanks to community comments. We were first notified this weekend of a potential opposition to the trademark registration,[3] a proposal not raised earlier in the community consultation on trademark practices even though the deadline for the opposition was not until December 22. We accordingly initiated a community consultation on Monday about how you would like us to handle this.[4] Indeed, this is consistent with the legal team’s ongoing efforts over the last two years to include the community in important legal decisions and policy proposals. We have put a strong emphasis on a close working relationship with the community, such as in our discussions on the Terms of Use, the Privacy Policy, the Conflict of Interest Guidelines, the Legal Fees Assistance Program, the Political Affiliation Policy, and now the Trademark Policy.[5] In our ongoing consultation regarding the Community logo, we have asked the community to let us know whether to seek a collective membership mark (which will help maintain protection against misuse by others, while allowing free use by community members) or to abandon the registration of the trademark and its protection by WMF.[4] Collective membership mark is an idea that we started researching a couple of months ago in light of community comments in the trademarks discussion. To be clear, we have no emotional investment in the outcome. This consultation is the community's opportunity to let us know how the mark should or should not be protected. As we stated before, we are fine abandoning the trademark registration to put our limited resources against other priorities, but this decision belongs to you and the Board [6]. To ensure full community participation, we have invited users from all across the world to take part in this and continue to encourage that.[4] Our actions will be based on the community consultation underway and the Board, not on an extra-community legal action. We understand that an opposition against the Community logo trademark has been filed, and we will handle it as we do all litigation. The litigation deadlines are a non-issue to us because we will do what the community and Board tell us. Our goal is to determine the broader community intent through a community consultation that is open to everyone. If the community and Board tell us that we should abandon registration, we will do so; if you want it protected, let us know. Please join in at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Logo/Request_for_consultation and tell us what you would like us to do. Also please feel free to participate in the more comprehensive discussion with the communityhttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trademark_practices_discussionon trademark practices. Thanks for your thoughts on this, Geoff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Geoffbrigham Yanahttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:YWelinder_(WMF) [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trademark_practices_discussion (trademark statement) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Trademark_practices_discussion (trademark discussion) [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Community_Logo and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_thematic_organizations#Is_it_correct_that_this_is_a_community_logo.3F [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3ACommunity_Logo% 2FReclaim_the_Logodiff=5823947oldid=5823876 [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Logo/Request_for_consultation [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Terms_of_use, https://meta. wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Privacy_policy, https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Guidelines_on_potential_conflicts_of_interest ,
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Community consultation on trademark practices and Community logo
Hi all, For the benefit of community members that are not on this list and given some earlier email problems, we have posted our email directly on the consultation talk page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Community_Logo/Request_for_consultation#September_26th_Wikimedia-l_email_from_Geoff_and_Yana Please join this community consultation here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Logo/Request_for_consultation. Many thanks for your input, Geoff Yana --- Original email: Hi all, We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has constructively participated in the ongoing trademark practices consultation that we started several months ago. Please feel free to continue your participation there, since all issues continue to remain open for discussion.[1] We would also like to invite community members to join the ongoing discussion regarding the trademark protection of the Community logo that we posted on Monday: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Logo/Request_for_consultation. Our goal is to obtain clear direction from the community on how we should proceed with respect to the registration of the Community logo and whether we should pursue a collective membership mark for the community. Our current consultation is part of an ongoing discussion regarding this logo. We joined this discussion on the talk page for the Community logo and Wikimedia thematic organizations.[2] We then initiated a broader discussion on trademarks in June, where the discussion on the Community logo continued.[1] That trademark practice discussion remains open and active, and we have been responding to a wide array of important issues thanks to community comments. We were first notified this weekend of a potential opposition to the trademark registration,[3] an issue not raised earlier in the community consultation on trademark practices even though the deadline for the opposition was not until December 22. We accordingly initiated a community consultation on Monday about how you would like us to handle this.[4] Indeed, this is consistent with the legal team’s ongoing efforts over the last two years to include the community in important legal decisions and policy proposals. We have put a strong emphasis on a close working relationship with the community, such as in our discussions on the Terms of Use, the Privacy Policy, the Conflict of Interest Guidelines, the Legal Fees Assistance Program, the Political Affiliation Policy, and now the Trademark Policy.[5] In our ongoing consultation regarding the Community logo, we have asked the community to let us know whether to seek a collective membership mark (which will help maintain protection against misuse by others, while allowing free use by community members) or to abandon the registration of the trademark and its protection by WMF.[4] Collective membership mark is an idea that we started researching a couple of months ago in light of community comments in the trademarks discussion and had planned to present it after finishing the research. To be clear, we have no emotional investment in the outcome. This consultation is the community's opportunity to let us know how the mark should or should not be protected. As we stated before, we are fine abandoning the trademark registration to put our limited resources against other priorities, but this decision belongs to you and the Board [6]. To ensure full community participation, we have invited users from all across the world to take part in this and continue to encourage that.[4] Our actions will be based on the community consultation underway and the Board, not on an extra-community legal action. We understand that an opposition against the Community logo trademark has been filed, and we will handle it as we do all litigation. The litigation deadlines are a non-issue to us because we will do what the community and Board tell us. Our goal is to determine the broader community intent through a community consultation that is open to everyone. If the community and Board tell us that we should abandon registration, we will do so; if you want it protected, let us know. Please join in at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Logo/Request_for_consultation and tell us what you would like us to do. Also please feel free to participate in the more comprehensive discussion with the community on trademark practices here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trademark_practices_discussion Thanks for your thoughts on this, Geoff Yana [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trademark_practices_discussion(trademark statement) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Trademark_practices_discussion(trademark discussion) [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Community_Logo and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_thematic_organizations#Is_it_correct_that_this_is_a_community_logo.3F [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3ACommunity_Logo%2FReclaim_the_Logodiff=5823947oldid=5823876 [4]
[Wikimedia-l] RfC regarding how we should handle X-rays
Have started a RfC regarding how we should deal with copyright around diagnostic images on Commons here https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Requests_for_comment/Xrays#Previous_discussion -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine www.opentextbookofmedicine.com ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
