--- On Tue, 17/5/11, Chris McKenna <cmckenna(a)sucs.org> wrote:
From: Chris McKenna <cmckenna(a)sucs.org>
As a separate thread of discussion
from my last message, I note that
despite all the outrage yesterday from some quarters that
we were
featuring works by non-notable Wikimedians on the front
page that we are
doing exactly the same today.
Before anyone claims that this is not an artistic work, you
should note
that it contains sufficient originality to be eligible for
copyright
protection and that the Wikimedia Foundation sets a much
higher threshold
for this than some (many?) national legislatures (including
the United
Kingdom). In my view the skilled works of a Wikimedian
should be
considered equal to the skilled works of another,
regardless of field or
genera, when both are awarded the same status (in this case
feautued
status) according to the same process.
The images from today and yesterday are:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Turbo_imperialis_01.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:On_the_edge_-_free_world_version.jpg
If you are unwilling to recognise the difference in terms of educational vs.
artistic content, nothing I say is likely to make any difference. Frankly,
it's not even worth discussing.
Andreas