2011/10/28 Béria Lima <berial...@gmail.com>: > Someone from French WLM can explain what is going on here: > > http://www.upp-auteurs.fr/actualites.php?categorie=3&actualite=589
It looks pretty clear to me: those people feel crowdsourcing and CCBYSA are a threat to them, without really understanding the implications and limitations of the license. For those not speaking French, the relevant part says something like: "Presented as a philanthropic operation, this initiative looks more like a commercial action. Indeed, the participation is conditioned by the acceptance of a CC license allowing the commercial reuse of the pictures. Private or public entities can therefore use this pictures legally as postcards, posters, books or as illustrations in the press. The professional photographers living from the copyrights are worried by this initiative [...]" Strainu _______________________________________________ Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list WikiLovesMonuments@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu
