Re: [Commons-l] The tragedy of Commons

2014-06-26 Thread Nathan
On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 7:40 AM, Fæ wrote: > On 26 June 2014 12:22, Chris McKenna wrote: > > THIS is the crux of the issue. You are insisting on statue or caselaw to > > prove that these files are Free beyond ALL conceivable doubt because the > > copyright outside Israel is legally ambiguous but

Re: [Commons-l] The tragedy of Commons

2014-06-24 Thread Nathan
miliarize themselves with Commons rules or worry about files being deleted; if Commons wants the files they can get them, or not. ~Nathan ___ Commons-l mailing list Commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l

Re: [Commons-l] The tragedy of Commons

2014-06-16 Thread Nathan
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 8:41 PM, Ryan Kaldari wrote: > >> >> Images on Commons must be public domain in both the source country and > the US. The images are definitely copyrighted in the US. The question is > whether they are copyrighted due to following US formalities or due to the > URAA. Witho

Re: [Commons-l] The tragedy of Commons

2014-06-16 Thread Nathan
I'm not sure why you actually bother, to be honest. I'd just host all the disputed images on the Hebrew Wikipedia and avoid Commons altogether. The sea lawyer bullshit on regular projects is bad enough; on Commons its an art form. Seriously -- why bother? On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 7:35 PM, Yann For

[Commons-l] First Wikimedia-related contributor Kickstarter?

2013-11-01 Thread Nathan
A post is live on Gizmodo today about a Commons contributor (Evan-Amos) who takes high quality photos of video game systems and hardware.[1] Towards the end it mentions that Evan started a Kickstarter to fund his efforts to buy and photograph more systems as part of an online museum.[2] Anyone kno

Re: [Commons-l] Feedback wanted on "Welcome to Commons" print brochure

2013-04-02 Thread Nathan
Hi Sage, What's the target audience for a printed brochure? Thanks, Nathan ___ Commons-l mailing list Commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l

Re: [Commons-l] Personality rights

2012-04-11 Thread Nathan
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Sarah wrote: > On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Thomas Morton > wrote: > > A license, as I mentioned, is not a contract - although it can (and > > regularly does) form part of a contract. The kinds of licenses we deal > with, > > though, are not part of any contr

Re: [Commons-l] Personality rights

2012-04-10 Thread Nathan
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 12:19 AM, Gnangarra wrote: > this discussion appears to be missing some information specifically a link > to what is being discussed > > I checked > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Joseph_Stalin.jpgthat > doesnt reflect what Tim is referri

Re: [Commons-l] Picture rotation: what on earth?

2011-12-08 Thread Nathan
Just to understand - on the last thread about this, it sounded like the October 5 update forces MediaWiki to determine rotation based on EXIF data. If the EXIF data is wrong or missing, the rotation may be incorrect. As a result, a bot (RotateBot) with a gigantic backlog is slowly fixing incorrect

Re: [Commons-l] Fwd: [Gendergap] Photo of the Day on Wikimedia Commons

2011-05-16 Thread Nathan
thority or representative of Commons the project or its community. You have no right to tell people "If you don't like it, get out" as you have done several times. They are as free to express their opinion as you are, and many (as you've no doubt n

Re: [Commons-l] Commons: An initial notice to reduce surprises

2010-05-10 Thread Nathan
t have any particular legal consequence, but its more or less the standard language used to convey the warning of "Beyond here be dragons!" and it's not bad PR cover. Nathan ___ Commons-l mailing list Commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://li

Re: [Commons-l] a heads-up on Wikimedia France's adventures with the French cultural authorities

2009-09-22 Thread Nathan
ts.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l > Great news, David. Just so I'm sure I understand, the above is the official report to the Culture Minister that he adopted? And the report mentions Wikipedia twice in the second section? If so, awesome work. Nathan ___ Commons-l mailing list Commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l

[Commons-l] Sexual images of questionable provenance

2008-12-09 Thread Nathan
's recommendation to the en.wp community (I assume, since it was posted there) for this sort of reconsideration. [4] Nathan [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&curid=9870625&diff=256870274&oldid=256869214 [2] http://commons.wikimed