The WMF supports some not totally free content - fair use images on EN Wiki
are far from free.
I think this might be worth raising as a possible extension to commons in a
new namesspace. Or even a separate project. The WMF is looking for ways to
make the wiki less bitey, and this would certainly do that.
The key would be to restrict this to images that are free enough to publish
and that it isn't the photographer who is imposing the extra restriction.
WSC
On 21 July 2012 13:33, Strainu <strainu10(a)gmail.com> wrote:
2012/7/21 Platonides <platonides(a)gmail.com>om>:
On 21/07/12 13:59, WereSpielChequers wrote:
In the UK we are OK with anything that is both
three dimensional and
permanently on public show. Even so lots of temporary exhibited
sculptures and two dimensional plaques murals and so forth get deleted.
Many other countries are much more problematic. I think we need a feeder
database for images that can't yet be released on a full Commons
compatible license but can be made available on a more restricted
license. For example in some countries there is a no commercial use
stipulation, but as I understand it it would be legal to take an image
of something like that and load it onto a site that allowed such images.
Ideally it would be tagged with a "safe to migrate to commons after"
date. OK in some cases it will be many decades before those images can
migrate, but there is no deadline and we can afford to think longterm.
It would also be less bitey on commons if some images could be
temporarily moved to this holding bay rather than deleted. It should
even be possible to build this into the image uploader.
WSC
Create
jail.wikimedia.org ?
Creating it under the WMF umbrella is unlikely, as the WMF only
supports free content.
However, I have been thinking for a while about creating a NC image
wiki, as most countries allow non-commercial use of such images. If I
has the slightest sign that the WMF would approve of its use as 3rd
party image source in Wikipedias, I would start the project tomorrow.
Strainu
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