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<div>Don't forget to add the "If there is discrepancy between English and (the local language), English version shall prevail".<br><br>Andrew<br><br>"Fill the world with children who care and things start looking up."<br></div><br><br><br><br>> Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 18:47:35 -0700<br>> From: erik@wikimedia.org<br>> To: licom-l@lists.wikimedia.org<br>> CC: ariel@wikimedia.org<br>> Subject: [Licom-l] External content attribution<br>> <br>> (I am CC-ing Ariel Glenn as he will help with the implementation of<br>> the new licensing terms.)<br>> <br>> During the licensing discussion, some people correctly pointed out<br>> that the proposed terms on the edit screen didn't include any mention<br>> of third party content: what is it, under what circumstances can it be<br>> imported, what should attribution look like, etc.? We did propose to<br>> state the following in the copyright policy:<br>> <br>> "You may import any text from other sources that is available under<br>> the CC-BY-SA license, even if it is not available under the GNU Free<br>> Documentation License. You are under no obligation whatsoever to<br>> obtain such content also under the GFDL. However, you may not import<br>> text that is only available under the GFDL. If you import text under<br>> the CC-BY-SA license, you must abide by the terms of the license;<br>> specifically, you must, in a reasonable fashion, credit the author(s).<br>> Where such credit is commonly given through page histories (such as<br>> wiki-to-wiki copying), it is sufficient to give attribution in the<br>> edit summary, which is recorded in the page history, when importing<br>> the content."<br>> <br>> I would propose the following to address any remaining uncertainty:<br>> <br>> PROPOSAL 1: Amend the terms of the edit screen. Replace the following phrase:<br>> <br>> "You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it<br>> from a public domain or similar free resource."<br>> <br>> With:<br>> <br>> "If you did not write this yourself, it must be available under terms<br>> consistent with ((copyright policy)), and you agree to follow any<br>> relevant licensing requirements."<br>> <br>> PROPOSAL 2: Issue a recommendation for each project community to<br>> develop guidelines for the attribution and inclusion of external<br>> content. This recommendation could look roughly like this:<br>> <br>> "Whereas the WMF licensing update decision was explicitly designed to<br>> facilitate import of existing educational content under CC-BY-SA and<br>> compatible licenses into Wikimedia projects, we hereby recommend that<br>> each Wikimedia project (e.g. "the English Wikipedia", "the Spanish<br>> Wikibooks") develop guidelines for when the inclusion of externally<br>> published content is appropriate, and how attribution should occur<br>> inside the project. Care should be taken to respect the wishes of<br>> copyright holders: if externally published content cannot be<br>> attributed in a fashion that is agreeable to the copyright holder<br>> (consistent with the license they published it under) and to the<br>> project community, it cannot be included."<br>> <br>> PROPOSAL 3: Amend the terms of the copyright policy to include a sentence:<br>> <br>> "Further guidelines on attribution and inclusion of external content<br>> can be found in ((attribution-guidelines-url))".<br>> <br>> That sentence would only be rendered out if the<br>> ((attribution-guidelines-url)) message exists, i.e., if the community<br>> has developed the necessary guidelines.<br>> <br>> Thoughts? If this makes sense as a start, I'll begin hacking on the<br>> final site terms with these changes in mind.<br>> <br>> Erik<br>> -- <br>> Erik Möller<br>> Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation<br>> <br>> Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Licom-l mailing list<br>> Licom-l@lists.wikimedia.org<br>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/licom-l<br><br /><hr />One at a time or all at once? Get updates from your friends in <a href='http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9660825' target='_new'>one place.</a></body>
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