On 20/07/06, Angela <beesley(a)gmail.com> wrote:
* Flickr
allows users to change the licenses on their images with no
external notice. So CC-BY or CC-BY-SA images uploaded to Commons might
later appear to be CC-BY-NC-ND or even "all rights reserved". This is
an increasing problem. Obviously Flickr needs a "history" tab, but
until then...? (current discussion at
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#Flickr_allows_licens…
)
The problem here is whether to trust the user who originally added a
tag that no longer matches what is on flickr.
Deciding this issue case-by-case depending on the "trustworthiness" of
the original uploader doesn't seem very sensible to me, especially in
a far-knit community like Commons. Besides which, everyone can make a
mistake.
I really feel
distaste at the idea that the Foundation would avoid
involving itself in such questions in order to avoid legal
culpability.
Has anyone said the avoid Foundation is refusing to answer questions
for that reason? I'd assumed the problem was that no one knew the
answers, not that they did but were purposefully withholding the
information.
Well, it rather was suggested that (
http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/commons-l/2006-June/000278.html ),
but good point, I wrote this in a fairly assuming way. So, sorry for
that. Any and all attempted answers welcome.
Brianna