I think following the opinion of Carl Lindberg is the best option [1]: "I would personally be happy about not having to delete governmental works which have expired in their own country... those always have felt different to me than privately-held copyrights."
Hope Fae will support me when I start a mass de-admin request followed by my self admin request. :) Links: 1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump/Copyright/Archive/2014/04#New_URAA_policy_and_the_rule_of_the_shorter_term Jee On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 6:29 PM, Fæ <fae...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 23 June 2014 13:42, Lodewijk <lodew...@effeietsanders.org> wrote: > > The question is whether that is implicit, and whether that is necessary > at > > all. I find the argument that for government works we only have to bother > > about the law of the source country, very persuasive. > > I can see no point in this discussion. Folks had every opportunity to > give viewpoints during the RFC on Commons in April. No opinion in this > list makes any tangible difference to the existing on-Commons RFC, > on-Commons policies or published U.S. copyright law, even though it > may be a good way of blowing off steam. > > GUIDE TO PLACES TO COMPLAIN ON COMMONS AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE: > > A. If anyone thinks that the April RFC was unclear as to the process > that administrators should follow, they can create another.[1] > > B. If anyone feels that a particular admin is misusing their powers, > then AN/U is a good place to complain, where it might make a > difference or ensure that admin publicly justifies their > actions.[2][3] > > C. A useful place to discuss copyright is the noticeboard on Commons > for copyright, the advantage being that the same things do not get > said several times over and where it is possible to correct something > you write after you press 'send'.[4] > > D. Become an admin and do it yourself, or de-sysop an admin you feel > has misused their powers, using simple standard processes.[2][5] > > Links > 1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Requests_for_comment > 2. http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2014-June/072926.html > 3. > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Administrators%27_noticeboard/User_problems > 4. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump/Copyright > 5. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Administrators > > Fae > -- > fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
