On 11 September 2011 15:45, Achal Prabhala <aprabhala(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Speaking of which, there might be other things which
merit an RTI
response to use as a citation. Since government extends copyright over
its communication, I doubt that RTI replies can go on Wikimedia Commons.
Commercial and non-commercial hosts (the Internet Archive, Scribd, etc.)
might be one solution. But perhaps the chapter - especially as it is not
a 'Wikimedia' site - can step in and create a way to host such
documents, that fall out of the purview of Commons because of licensing,
but are nevertheless required for a citation, and are not online. If you
think this is worth it...
The issue of Government Copyright over RTI responses is an unclear
area especially where the information requested is data because it's
pretty hard for raw data to pass the test of copyrightability.
That said, about the Chapter hosting stuff like this, it's an
interesting thought though one that ultimately has implications for
the WMF as well because their trademarks are associated with it.
Thank you.
Best,
Gautam
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