this should be a public community discussion. nominated for deletion. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Olympic_mascots.jpg
On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 1:51 AM, Tom Morris <t...@tommorris.org> wrote: > On Tuesday, 1 May 2012 at 16:45, Richard Symonds wrote: > >> Perhaps I should rephrase my previous nonsensical reply: >> >> Is this really OGL? I suppose it is, but the Flickr account seems to think >> it's non-commercial... > > Yes. It's published by the DCMS, and according to their website, it's Crown > Copyright, and thus under the terms of the PSI Framework, is OGL. > > http://www.dcms.gov.uk/copyright.aspx > http://www.dcms.gov.uk/7085.aspx#Flickr_policy > > There's no indication on the Flickr page that it is owned by anyone other > than the DCMS, and thus we have good reason to believe it's covered by the > OGL. There is an existing license on the Flickr images, and reusers are free > to reuse it under CC BY-NC-ND if they feel so inclined. But we've had other > OGL images from other government departments that are also licensed on Flickr > as some variant of CC that's not Commons compatible. > > The DCMS are aware though, through Twitter and email. As are James Forrester > and various other people who grok OGL. > > -- > Tom Morris > <http://tommorris.org/> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- John Vandenberg _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
