On Mar 29, 2004, at 4:24 PM, Erik Moeller wrote:
Andre-
It has been discussed before, I think I want to
go beyond discussion,
and get this thing rolling. I would like to start setting up a
database
of public domain and copyleft images, using the Wikipedia technology.
As noted earlier, this should be done under the name "Wikimedia
Commons",
and reside at
commons.wikimedia.org, to allow for other content than
just
images, and to make it clear that that this is not just for Wikipedia,
but
for all Wikimedia projects.
I'd make a distinction here. Personally, I'd like to see Wikisource
become (or
continue to be) a collection of nicely presented public domain texts.
"Wikimedia Commons" would then be a /repository/ of assorted PD/GFDL
text and
media. The Commons would be primarily for the use of other Wikimedia
projects
(though others would undoubtedly find it useful), whereas Wikisource
would be
intended for the "public".
I think the same distinction can be made here. It would be good to
have a wiki
of PD/GFDL images worthy *in their own right* of being sought. It
would also
be good to include diagrams, logos, and other images which don't
warrant this
distinction at the Commons. And, of course, overlap is no problem.
Peter
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