Re: [Commons-l] Priorities for copyright and freedom (was: Copyright of deep space objects)

2012-09-20 Thread J JIH
, English and Chinese Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikiquote Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 22:46:41 +0700 > From: John Vandenberg > To: Wikimedia Commons Discussion List > Subject: Re: [Commons-l] Priorities for copyright and freedom (was: > Copyright of dee

Re: [Commons-l] Priorities for copyright and freedom (was: Copyright of deep space objects)

2012-09-18 Thread John Vandenberg
On English wikisource we use the absence of case law regarding foriegned government and judicial documents as sufficient justification for all these being PD in the US. See http://enws.org/Template:PD-GovEdict Most countries explicitly refuse copyright on thes

Re: [Commons-l] Priorities for copyright and freedom (was: Copyright of deep space objects)

2012-09-18 Thread Samuel Klein
A lovely exercise. I would put freedom and accessibility of legal documents, from government standards to case law, high on that list. Starting in larger countries where there is already motion to make this happen. SJ On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 12:30 AM, Michael Snow wrote: > On 9/17/2012 5:22

Re: [Commons-l] Priorities for copyright and freedom (was: Copyright of deep space objects)

2012-09-18 Thread Yann Forget
Hi, Oh, there already was a wishlist, and it is quite funny to see how fast it is already party obsolete. I think that # Buy the Encyclopaedia Britannica is not necessary any more. We have a better free encyclopedia. ;o) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Copyright_wishlist Regards, Yann 2012/9

Re: [Commons-l] Priorities for copyright and freedom (was: Copyright of deep space objects)

2012-09-17 Thread Yann Forget
Hello, 2012/9/18 Michael Snow : > On 9/17/2012 5:22 PM, Ryan Kaldari wrote: > > Personally, I would prefer that people pursue freedom of panorama before we > pursue "freedom of deep space objects". The later I would put pretty far > down the priority list, actually. How about the following agenda:

[Commons-l] Priorities for copyright and freedom (was: Copyright of deep space objects)

2012-09-17 Thread Michael Snow
On 9/17/2012 5:22 PM, Ryan Kaldari wrote: Personally, I would prefer that people pursue freedom of panorama before we pursue "freedom of deep space objects". The later I would put pretty far down the priority list, actually. How about the following agenda: 1. Freedom of orphaned works 2. Free