[Wikimedia-l] License issue on GPL and CC-by-sa mix up

2013-02-23 Thread Mathieu Stumpf
Hello, One of my favorite wikimedia project is the wiktionary, I probably use it everyday and I like to contribute on the french chapter here and there. As I'm learning esperanto, I wanted to improve the french wiktionary on this topic. My first thought was to begin by gathering a list of

Re: [Wikimedia-l] License issue on GPL and CC-by-sa mix up

2013-02-23 Thread Andre Engels
On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Mathieu Stumpf psychosl...@culture-libre.org wrote: One of my favorite wikimedia project is the wiktionary, I probably use it everyday and I like to contribute on the french chapter here and there. As I'm learning esperanto, I wanted to improve the french

[Wikimedia-l] Info: Election for WCA Chairperson

2013-02-23 Thread Fae
Hi, I have started a draft of the process for the WCA election for a Chairperson at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Chapters_Association/Elections/2012_Chairperson. This is in line with the discussion at the London meeting last weekend. The election for a Chairperson is limited to votes

[Wikimedia-l] In France, sharing copyleft works without paying a fee could become illegal

2013-02-23 Thread Mathieu Stumpf
This mail follow the reading of an article titled Hadopi : la mission Lescure repoussée à avril[1]. Pierre Lescure, former CEO of Canal+ (a french private television group), was asked by the French governement to work on the future of the HADOPI, the french kitchen sink aimed at punishing people

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Big Fat Brussels Gathering

2013-02-23 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Christophe Henner, 20/02/2013 12:07: Agreed, that was my hidden message. But for such endeavour to succeed paid time and paid time in Brussels will be needed :) We also have some additional experiences to learn from. I liked this:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] In France, sharing copyleft works without paying a fee could become illegal

2013-02-23 Thread Orionist
Hi Mathieu, I think we need to wait to read the final, original text of the Lescure proposals before jumping to conclusions. If you go to the original Libération article [1] that reported on the Lescure mission, you'll find that the context [2] in which the CC is mentioned does not make any

Re: [Wikimedia-l] License issue on GPL and CC-by-sa mix up

2013-02-23 Thread Platonides
On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Mathieu Stumpf wrote: Unfortunately, this dictionary is under GPL which is a well known free license (but a strange choice for a non-software project). So I would like to know, can I mix up a GPL content with a CC-by-sa page (in cases where such a page

Re: [Wikimedia-l] License issue on GPL and CC-by-sa mix up

2013-02-23 Thread David Gerard
On 23 February 2013 20:29, Platonides platoni...@gmail.com wrote: There are a few cases where sharealike licenses include provisions for compatible licenses. Sadly, the license owners don't seem too interested in advacing in that front. Not completely, to be fair - e.g. GFDL 1.3 including a

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikizine] This Week: A Brief Summary

2013-02-23 Thread Mono
After years of publication, Wikizine is changing once again. Brief news is always available at Wikizine.org Suggestions are welcome; please send them to monom...@gmail.com Want to write for Wikizine? Fill out the form at http://wikizine.org/write Otherwise, send tips to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] 2012 Picture of the Year

2013-02-23 Thread Itzik Edri
Just want to congratulate and thanks everyone who been part of the committee this year. Last year I criticized the long process and the fact that we published the winners only in the middle of the year. This year the announcement came kind of the beginning of the year. So good job! On Fri, Feb

Re: [Wikimedia-l] 2012 Picture of the Year

2013-02-23 Thread Guillaume Goursat
Thank you to the commitee, the voters and all the editors who have uploaded a picture in 2012 :-) I want also to congratulate all the folks in Wikimedia France who have helped to produce the winning picture, with the project Phoebus [1] :-) Guillaume [1] :

[Wikimedia-l] Improving the knowledge about the Movement

2013-02-23 Thread Ziko van Dijk
Hello, In accordance with some suggestions from the London conference, I have started a section on the WCA/Reseach page on Meta Wiki. The Wikimedia Movement needs more information about itself, and I would very much appreciate if you could take a look at the page: