I just watched this. Thanks, Stephen for the excellent overview! Very approachable.
This may be slightly off-topic for this particular list, but: have there been any similar talks focusing on content licenses for article text and (perhaps especially) images?
Jonathan
On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 9:09 AM, Rachel Farrand rfarrand@wikimedia.org wrote:
Reminder: this tech talk starts in 50 minutes
On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 12:22 PM, Rachel Farrand rfarrand@wikimedia.org wrote:
Please join for the following tech talk:
*Tech Talk**:* Introduction to Free and Open Source Licensing at
Wikimedia
*Presenter:* Stephen LaPorte *Date:* October 23, 2015 *Time: *17:00 UTC <
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Tech+Talk%3A+Introd...
17:30 UTC Link to live YouTube stream http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWiDimlK4bE *IRC channel for questions/discussion:* #wikimedia-office Google+ page <
https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/103470172168784626509/events/caldda1kv3bnde8d5..., another
place for questions
*Summary: *The Wikimedia Foundation maintains and contributes to some significant free and opens source projects. This talk will discuss free
and
open source licensing best practices and why it's important for
Wikimedia.
We'll review different types of licenses, common terms, and how to use them. This talk will be introductory, and there will be an opportunity
for
questions and discussion.
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