On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 5:50 AM, Andy Mabbett andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:
On 3 August 2018 at 22:12, Andy Mabbett andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:
On 2 August 2018 at 02:51, Gregory Varnum gvarnum@wikimedia.org wrote:
You can check it out for yourself here (you may need to clear your
browser's cache): https://wikimediafoundation.org/
The home page currently says:
" Everything on a Wikimedia site is available as Creative Commons
material. "
That is not true. Material includes:
- PD content (copyright expires; US government, etc)
- Fair-use copyright material.
In the latter case, suggesting otherwise could be harmful to our users.
The text I cited has now been changed to "All text on Wikimedia sites is available as Creative Commons material".
This does not resolve the issue I raised above; as my first bullet point applies not only to media files, but also to numerous texts on Wikimedia sites; not least a large part of Wikisource.
Furthermore, the "Sesame Street" image used on the site's home page and the linked article, is labelled on Commons: "This work might not be available under a free license in the United States because it is based on an artwork or sculpture that may be protected by copyright under U.S. law."
This image is still on the pages I mentioned.
Please file the relevant tasks in phabricator to enable better tracking of issues compared to on the mailing list: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/edit/form/1/?tags=wikimedia...