Re: [Commons-l] Proposal for an allrightsreserved.wikimedia.org website

2011-02-03 Thread Lars Aronsson
On 02/02/2011 01:03 AM, David Gerard wrote: > There have been slight concerns over the years, with a small number of > people greatly concerned that Commons carries non-free WMF utility > images as well as the free media. The obvious solution is that WMF should free license its logotypes. I'm sick

Re: [Commons-l] Proposal for an allrightsreserved.wikimedia.org website

2011-02-02 Thread bawolff
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Petr Kadlec wrote: > On 2 February 2011 19:04, bawolff wrote: >>> Note that another slight disadvantage of the current state of affairs >>> is that sites using InstantCommons (e.g. the OpenStreetMap wiki) are >>> currently able to use CopyrightByWikimedia images (w

Re: [Commons-l] Proposal for an allrightsreserved.wikimedia.org website

2011-02-02 Thread Petr Kadlec
On 2 February 2011 19:04, bawolff wrote: >> Note that another slight disadvantage of the current state of affairs >> is that sites using InstantCommons (e.g. the OpenStreetMap wiki) are >> currently able to use CopyrightByWikimedia images (well, more than >> just ?able to use?, they can do that in

Re: [Commons-l] Proposal for an allrightsreserved.wikimedia.org website

2011-02-02 Thread bawolff
> Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 12:08:25 +0100 > From: Petr Kadlec > Subject: Re: [Commons-l] Proposal for an >       allrightsreserved.wikimedia.org website > To: Wikimedia Commons Discussion List > Message-ID: >       > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 &

Re: [Commons-l] Proposal for an allrightsreserved.wikimedia.org website

2011-02-02 Thread Daniel Schwen
> The Foundation wiki might be better, as it already hosts all the > Foundation's other stuff and is full of uneditable content. No, that will not work, as this is not only about a bunch of logos, but about a lot of screenshots containing logos. Many of them used to illustrate Mediawiki features U

Re: [Commons-l] Proposal for an allrightsreserved.wikimedia.org website

2011-02-02 Thread Petr Kadlec
On 1 February 2011 22:27, Blurpeace wrote: > so we can remove > two sentences from project policy? Note that another slight disadvantage of the current state of affairs is that sites using InstantCommons (e.g. the OpenStreetMap wiki) are currently able to use CopyrightByWikimedia images (well, mo

Re: [Commons-l] Proposal for an allrightsreserved.wikimedia.org website

2011-02-02 Thread Stephen Bain
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 8:26 PM, Guillaume Paumier wrote: > > A possible solution raised in the past was to use meta as a file > repository for unfree Wikimedia logos and other marketing stuff > (presentations including fair use materials, etc.). The Foundation wiki might be better, as it already

Re: [Commons-l] Proposal for an allrightsreserved.wikimedia.org website

2011-02-02 Thread Guillaume Paumier
Hi, Le mercredi 02 février 2011 à 00:03 +, David Gerard a écrit : > > There have been slight concerns over the years, with a small number of > people greatly concerned that Commons carries non-free WMF utility > images as well as the free media. A possible solution raised in the past was to

Re: [Commons-l] Proposal for an allrightsreserved.wikimedia.org website

2011-02-01 Thread Blurpeace
But. there's no reason why the two should be technically separated. It's already been practically divided by categories. It's not considered unnecessary faff just by techs; any pragmatic person would agree. On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 7:03 PM, David Gerard wrote: > On 1 February 2011 23:41, Gnangarra

Re: [Commons-l] Proposal for an allrightsreserved.wikimedia.org website

2011-02-01 Thread David Gerard
On 1 February 2011 23:41, Gnangarra wrote: > Why would these images even need a wiki, these images are the property of > the foundation if they are such a big concern to Commons Community, (I've > been on common for a few years and was not aware of real concerns about > those images) then the Fou

Re: [Commons-l] Proposal for an allrightsreserved.wikimedia.org website

2011-02-01 Thread Gnangarra
Why would these images even need a wiki, these images are the property of the foundation if they are such a big concern to Commons Community, (I've been on common for a few years and was not aware of real concerns about those images) then the Foundation should address the issue. Why start a "proje

Re: [Commons-l] Proposal for an allrightsreserved.wikimedia.org website

2011-02-01 Thread Blurpeace
Wait, so we're moving a few 100 files, creating a new project, and adding onto the burden of our already overworked technical team so we can remove two sentences from project policy? The "staying true to our colors" reasoning sounds obsessive-compulsive. I'll ask again because I may very well be m

Re: [Commons-l] Proposal for an allrightsreserved.wikimedia.org website

2011-02-01 Thread Manuelt15
If it's only for Wikimedia copyrighted logos/files, you have my support. 2011/2/1 Teofilo > 2011/2/1 Teofilo : > > 2011/2/1 David Gerard : > >> On 1 February 2011 08:59, Alex Brollo wrote: > >>> 2011/2/1 Alex Brollo > > > >> > >> There would be a push to expand it to fair use. I would call thi

Re: [Commons-l] Proposal for an allrightsreserved.wikimedia.org website

2011-02-01 Thread Teofilo
2011/2/1 Teofilo : > 2011/2/1 David Gerard : >> On 1 February 2011 08:59, Alex Brollo wrote: >>> 2011/2/1 Alex Brollo > >> >> There would be a push to expand it to fair use. I would call this a >> bad idea myself. Fair use should stay deprecated IMO, not encouraged >> with a central repository. >

Re: [Commons-l] Proposal for an allrightsreserved.wikimedia.org website

2011-02-01 Thread Teofilo
2011/2/1 David Gerard : > On 1 February 2011 08:59, Alex Brollo wrote: >> 2011/2/1 Alex Brollo > > There would be a push to expand it to fair use. I would call this a > bad idea myself. Fair use should stay deprecated IMO, not encouraged > with a central repository. I think it is better to crea

Re: [Commons-l] Proposal for an allrightsreserved.wikimedia.org website

2011-02-01 Thread Huib Laurens
I guess it would be just on edit to add a second "commons" to all 700 wiki's because of the shared settings. That wouldn't take much time. Best, Huib ___ Commons-l mailing list Commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/c

Re: [Commons-l] Proposal for an allrightsreserved.wikimedia.org website

2011-02-01 Thread David Gerard
On 1 February 2011 08:59, Alex Brollo wrote: > 2011/2/1 Alex Brollo >>> Moving those files into a new website sounds as a good idea. Are all the >>> contents in German or Polish language? I'll like to come and take a look as >>> soon as the new website will run, but I can't understand those lang

Re: [Commons-l] Proposal for an allrightsreserved.wikimedia.org website

2011-02-01 Thread Alex Brollo
2011/2/1 Alex Brollo > > Moving those files into a new website sounds as a good idea. Are all the >> contents in German or Polish language? I'll like to come and take a look as >> soon as the new website will run, but I can't understand those languages. I >> guess, many contents - even if covered

Re: [Commons-l] Proposal for an allrightsreserved.wikimedia.org website

2011-02-01 Thread Alex Brollo
2011/2/1 Alex Brollo > > > 2011/2/1 Teofilo > > Allrightsreserved is a new website proposed for the purpose of hosting >> contents currentlty tagged with commons:Template:Copyright by >> Wikimedia, commons:Copyright by Wikimedia Deutschland and >> commons:Template:Copyright by Wikimedia Polska a

Re: [Commons-l] Proposal for an allrightsreserved.wikimedia.org website

2011-02-01 Thread Alex Brollo
2011/2/1 Teofilo > Allrightsreserved is a new website proposed for the purpose of hosting > contents currentlty tagged with commons:Template:Copyright by > Wikimedia, commons:Copyright by Wikimedia Deutschland and > commons:Template:Copyright by Wikimedia Polska and hosted at Wikimedia > Commons.

[Commons-l] Proposal for an allrightsreserved.wikimedia.org website

2011-01-31 Thread Teofilo
Allrightsreserved is a new website proposed for the purpose of hosting contents currentlty tagged with commons:Template:Copyright by Wikimedia, commons:Copyright by Wikimedia Deutschland and commons:Template:Copyright by Wikimedia Polska and hosted at Wikimedia Commons. More at http://meta.wikimed