Garion96 wrote:
On 8/26/06, Birgitte SB
<birgitte_sb(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
I agree this is an instance where chapters are
very
useful. I didn't mean to imply that nothing should be
sent on to the Foundation. But if the individual
editors take care of the easy ones. And also gather a
list of the exact contact info of people who requested
to deal with someone official. Well providing that
list to one the commitees or something is a different
proposition than asking the Foundation to gather free
photos of celebrities for Wikipedia in general terms.
Birgitte SB
Whether a chapter, the foundation or an officer for obtaining open
content
material (I do like that idea) writes it
doesn't matter yes. As long as
it
looks official to the persons/companies
receiving. But I also wouldn't
mind
if the foundation itself did it, considering the
(possibly legal) mess
of
fair use images on en.wikipedia. Which is where
this whole idea
originated.
Garion96
Hoi,
The WMF does have a lot of work and too few people to do things. When
the Foundation is to these things as well, when do they have time to do
their Foundation work?
Thanks,
GerardM
Yes, I do realise the foundation is small (in people) and does a lot of
work. I do read this mailing list. :) Plus the idea was not that the
foundation would always do those things. Just a one time standard letter and
send copies to all those big companies. And hey, it's just an idea.
Garion96