For the "Show respect" thing, I'd go as far as saying something to the
effect of
"do not photograph if it is not allowed, do not use you flash, do not
attempt in any way to 'steal' photographs, as the quality will be poor
and the short-term thrill and benefits are vastly exceeded by the
long-term grudge and lack of confidence that the institution will hold
towards us".
-- Rama
On 06/06/2011, Liam Wyatt <liamwyatt(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Thank you Jean-Fred for creating this page:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Usage_guidelines_for_public_domai…
I've gone ahead and on the basis of Europeana's original
guidelines<http://www.europeana.eu/portal/pd-usage-guide.html>and some
of the comments that have been made so far (on both lists) I've
attempted to fill out this page on Commons with our own PD usage guidelines.
I've summarised it to 6 points:
- Give attribution
- Give credit
- Show respect
- Share
- Be aware
- Preserve
I have also added in the lead... "Importantly, such a guideline is in no way
a legal contract or an attempt to "enclose" the reuse of public domain
works; but would indicate a "polite" way to deal with these works. If these
principles prevents you from improving Wikimedia projects or sharing
cultural heritage, ignore it."
Can I suggest that we take discussions from both cultural-partners-l and
commons-l on this issue to the talkpage:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Usage_guidelines_for_public_…
Sincerely,
-Liam
wittylama.com/blog
Peace, love & metadata