[Foundation-l] [Commons-l] Principles of organisation - who do we serve?

[Brad Patrick]

I was sloppy and using shorthand.  Commons has differently licensed
material on it than PD alone, however, we are restrictive in which
licenses are acceptable.  That should not be controversial, even to
you, Anthony.

On 11/15/06, Anthony <wikilegal at inbox.org> wrote:
> On 11/14/06, James Hare <messedrocker at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Technically, anything that isn't public domain is copyrighted. Even if it's
> > GFDLed.
> >
> > But generally in a Wikimedia context, when people say "copyrighted" they're
> > referring to the icky all-rights-reserved stuff.
> >
> And therein lies one of the big problems, as what constitutes "the
> icky all-rights-reserved stuff" is much harder to define and explain
> to people than "copyrighted media".
>
> Simply referring to "the icky all-rights-reserved stuff" as
> "copyrighted" only serves to confuse people more.  I hope that's not
> what was happening here.
>
> Anthony
>
> > On 11/14/06, Alphax (Wikipedia email) <alphasigmax at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Anthony wrote:
> > > > On 11/14/06, Brad Patrick <bradp.wmf at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >> If there are Wikimedians who are advocating housing copyrighted media
> > > >> in Commons, speak up now, because we need to get clear on why that is
> > > >> not cool immediately.
> > > >>
> > > > Of course we advocate housing copyrighted media in commons.  Commons
> > > > is not limited to public domain material.
> > > >
> > >
> > > ... permission to stab him, please?
> > >
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