--- On Mon, 8/25/08, Patricia Rodrigues <snooze210904(a)yahoo.se> wrote:
So, I'm afraid that some things have not been
really
clarified... but the main one is: which copyright laws
must/should Commons follow, in order to be absolutely
compatible with WMF's values and licensing policies?
Because the Board resolution from 2007 is not including
Commons. Are we in a legal vacuum?
Commons is only excluded from being able to make an EDP [1] The rest of the resolution
still applies to Commons. No one with any authority is going to tell you what copyright
law should be followed. The standard answer is: Commons needs to work out their local
policy within the bounds of resolution.
Personally I don't think the resolution offers much in the way of clarity,
*especially* in regards to "public domain". But for better or worse, the board
has not been willing to touch the issue since the resolution was passed.
However if both sides of the debate were not compatible with WMF's values and
licensing policies, I am sure the board would be vocal in pointing out the problem. They
spoke up loudly enough when it.WP was using "with permission" images. So I
would interpret Domas saying "I'd really like to trust the community [with
preserving WMF values]" (as well as silence from the rest of board) to mean
"both sides of the debate seem to be inbounds of WMF policy and values right
now". it.WP certainly wasn't told that their community was trusted to do as they
saw fit to preserve WMF values. They were pretty much told to change their policy.
Birgitte SB
[1]
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Licensing_policy