[Foundation-l] Wikimedia and public sector involvement, connections

[Patton 123]

Recently 100,000 historical photos were released by some German agency
(Can't think of it's name) to the wikimedia commons.

On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 6:54 PM, Bence Damokos <bdamokos at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear all,I was wondering if any of you know of cases where there has been
> any (official) connection between members of the public sector and projects
> of Wikimedia (or other independent projects under free licences).
>
> I would be interested in cases, when for example
> * the local government has used for example Wikisource to publish its
> statutes or provided other kinds of content for it
> * the legislative has included material from Wikipedia in the explanatory
> section of their bills
> * members of the public sector approached the WMF (or its chapters) for
> advice on free licences and their use in the public sector.
>
> I would be interested in cases outside Wikimedia, where a government has
> chosen open content licences to publish their data.
>
> I have heard of some cases that would fit one of the above categories (e.g.
> the Dutch government releasing some photos) but I have not found a
> comprehensive list to judge the extent of the possible cooperation that
> might be going on.
>
>
> Thank you,
> Bence Damokos
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