Thank you Jean-Fred for creating this page: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Usage_guidelines_for_public_domain_works">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Usage_guidelines_for_public_domain_works</a><br>
<br>I've gone ahead and on the basis of Europeana's <a href="http://www.europeana.eu/portal/pd-usage-guide.html">original guidelines</a> 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:<br>
<ul><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><span class="toctext">Give attribution</span></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><span class="tocnumber"></span><span class="toctext">Give credit</span></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3">
<span class="tocnumber"></span><span class="toctext">Show respect</span></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><span class="tocnumber"></span><span class="toctext">Share</span></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><span class="tocnumber"></span><span class="toctext">Be aware</span></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><span class="tocnumber"></span><span class="toctext">Preserve</span></li></ul>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."<br><br>Can I suggest that we take discussions from both cultural-partners-l and commons-l on this issue to the talkpage: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Usage_guidelines_for_public_domain_works">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Usage_guidelines_for_public_domain_works</a><br>
<br>Sincerely, <br>-Liam<br><br clear="all"><a href="http://wittylama.com/blog">wittylama.com/blog</a><br>Peace, love & metadata<br>
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