Commons-l June 2009

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Commons licensing for chapter-owned copyrights
by Andrew Turvey 05 Jun '09

05 Jun '09

I've started a discussion at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Licensing#Wikimedia_Chapter_… regarding the policy of Commons on images where the copyright is owned by a recognised chapter. Commons already recognises an exception for images whose copyrights are owned by the Wikimedia Foundation. This proposal would widen that to cover images whose copyrights are owned by recognised Wikimedia chapters. Please comment there. Regards, Andrew

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Re: [Commons-l] Commons licensing for chapter-owned copyrights
by Andrew Turvey 04 Jun '09

04 Jun '09

----- "David Gerard" <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote: > From: "David Gerard" <dgerard(a)gmail.com> > To: "Wikimedia Commons Discussion List" <commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Sent: Thursday, 4 June, 2009 19:19:20 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal > Subject: Re: [Commons-l] Commons licensing for chapter-owned copyrights > > 2009/6/4 Robert Rohde <rarohde(a)gmail.com>: > > > My personal opinion is that non-free materials owned by the Foundation > > (or chapters, or other authorized uses, etc) should really be shunted > > to a separate repository with Commons reserved for truly free works. > > > This has been proposed more than once and rejected. Do you have a link to this previous discussion? Andrew

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Pikiwiki project problems
by Andrew Turvey 04 Jun '09

04 Jun '09

> Pikiwiki is _not_ a chapter, it is an independent third party project. (Or did > I get it wrong?) > Regards, > ChrisiPK The Pikiwiki Isreal project is run (jointly I think) by Wikimedia Israel, a recognised Wikimedia chapter. It should not be treated as "independent" third party but indeed part of the broader Wikimedia community. Their website is here - http://www.pikiwiki.org.il/ - you can see the WM-Israel logo in the top left hand corner. Regards, Andrew

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Governance of Commons
by Andrew Turvey 04 Jun '09

04 Jun '09

Cross posting to Commons from internal: ----- "David Gerard" <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote: > From: "David Gerard" <dgerard(a)gmail.com> > To: "Local Chapters, board and officers coordination (closed subscription)" <internal-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Sent: Thursday, 4 June, 2009 15:26:29 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal > Subject: Re: [Internal-l] Our system is collapsing > > The issues are ongoing, and well beyond the present case - > fundamentally that too many people on Commons don't want it to be a > service project. This is unworkable and must be remedied. The way the governance is set up at the moment is no different to any other project. Maybe if it is to be a "service project", the governance - particularly the way admins are selected - should be different from stand-alone projects. regards, Andrew

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License migration opt-out
by Robert Rohde 04 Jun '09

04 Jun '09

Since this is a far reaching decision I am trying to advertise it broadly. The license migration announced by the Foundation will add CC-BY-SA to ~1.7 million images licensed GFDL 1.2 or later. Some authors feel that doing this to their works is unfair. Out of respect for these authors' concerns, the Foundation has given the communities the discretion to set opt-out criteria and exclude some works from the relicensing effort if the copyright holder explicitly requests it. However, we can also choose not to permit any opt-out at all. I'd like to gather the community's consensus on whether an opt-out provision should be allowed. Please participate in that discussion on Commons at: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:License_Migration_Task_Force… Thank you. -Robert Rohde

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Picture of the Year 2008 competition Results
by miya 02 Jun '09

02 Jun '09

Dear Wikimedians, The 2008 Picture of the Year competition is now concluded at last, and we are happy to announce the results: WINNER: Horses on Bianditz mountain (File:Biandintz eta zaldiak - modified2.jpg) # 1 - 74 votes in Round 2 # 1 - 260 votes in Round 1 - Category:Other animals Taken by Mikel Ortega Edited by Richard Bartz. . RUNNER-UP: Fire breathing "Jaipur Maharaja Brass Band" in Chassepierre, Belgium. (File:Fire breathing 2 Luc Viatour.jpg) # 2 - 71 votes in Round 2 # 1 - 225 votes in Round 1 - Category:People and human activities Taken by Wikimedian Luc Viatour. 2ND RUNNER-UP: Steam locomotives of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway in the roundhouse (File:Locomotives-Roundhouse2.jpg) # 3 - 46 votes in Round 2 # 1 - 170 votes in Round 1 - Category:Constructions Taken by Jack Delano. As we couldn't get the automated server set up, a low-tech voting method was used this year, and we had a trouble in checking and took so much time. (We hope there will be a better system for next year) In the first round, there were 501 images in the gallery. The candidates were all the files which were promoted to the Featured Picture of Wikimedia Commons in 2008. 51 files, the winners and honourable mentions in each category went on to the final round to select the picture of the year 2008, where 712 voters voted. Congratulations to all the contributors who helped create these beautiful works and made them available to the world as free content. A complete listing of the voting totals is available at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2008/Results . Thanks to all the voters for participating. Thanks, Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year committee http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2008 -------------------------------------- Power up the Internet with Yahoo! Toolbar. http://pr.mail.yahoo.co.jp/toolbar/

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