[Foundation-l] roadmap for WM affiliation ; a name for self-identified affiliation

[Nathan]

On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Birgitte SB <birgitte_sb at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> From: James Heilman <jmh649 at gmail.com>
>> To: foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org
>> Sent: Fri, July 15, 2011 10:39:14 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] roadmap for WM affiliation ; a name for
>>self-identified affiliation
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>> I agree something like "Open Knowledge Project" would be a more  suitable
>> term. Do they have any decals like those of Health on the Net that  people
>> could add to their websites? Should there be different degree  of
>> inclusiveness depending on non commercial or commercial reuse? I see this  as
>> the first step towards a greater sharing of content between  sites.
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> "Open Knowledge Project" only works for content creators or relatively new
> projects that can still restrict their intake of content like Commons has.  We
> don't want dilute "Open Knowledge" and the issue is existing GLAM organizations
> that want to affiliate with the movement.  Some is needed more along the lines
> of "Dedicated to Emancipating Culture - we are committed the licensing all
> internally owned copyrights under [favorite free license] and to forthrightly
> advertising the most accurate copyright information we can on all the content we
> curate."
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> Birgitte SB
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Not sure I follow - GLAM institutions are still about disseminating
knowledge at low or no cost, so it seems like the name would still
apply. Anyway, I think debating the name is a bit cart before horse -
the idea is that these organizations seem to share common ideals, and
could cooperative in mutually beneficial ways with some sort of formal
vehicle.