On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Cary Bass <cary(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Mike.lifeguard a écrit :
Some time ago, I suggested using Meta for this
purpose. That would be
the best solution; the second-best being to use Commons and expanding
the scope to chapter logos and the like (as I suggested already:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Deletion_requests/Fi…
)
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http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Deletion_requests/Fi…
Either would be acceptable. The status quo is not.
-Mike
Another instance where our policies run contrary to our mission. We
definitely need to reinvestigate why we are so much in a rush to delete
images such as these which provide no liability on Commons whatsoever,
where the distribution of the logo is entirely acceptable and does not
water down the copyright.
Cary
once you start thinking on "possible liabilities" you're walking the fair
use lane on commons.
Commons is by definition a free content file repo. That's akin to saying
"let's host some nonfree articles copied from wikipedia if we can determine
we won't get in trouble"