[WikiEN-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Board statement regarding biographies of l...

[FT2]

When someone says that permission was given for an image under GFDL on
commons, by its copyright holder, how do you verify that was correct and not
an impersonator? You don't. You take the OTRS volunteer's word that they
have indeed checked the person granting permission was in fact checked and
ensured they were the copyright holder as they claimed, or their
representative.
Same thing.
FT2

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 7:48 PM, <WJhonson at aol.com> wrote:

> In a message dated 4/23/2009 5:00:46 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> ft2.wiki at gmail.com writes:
>
>
> > It's already there. How do you think we get and check permissions for
> > images
> > released by their copyright holders? The contacts for those get verified
> > too; exactly the same. Formalizing it wouldn't hurt but the point is we
> do
> > this already, enough to satisfy us that copyright's ok which is also a
> > legal
> > matter.>>
> >
>
> ------------------
> You're missing my meaning.  What is the mechanism by which a random editor
> can *see* the ticket which verifies copyright, or the newly-discussed
> "identity of the speaker"?
>
> Not other OTRS volunteers.  How can I see it?  If I can't, then it's a
> black box and it's the same as saying "some guy said it", because we cannot
> see
> what they said, how they said it, who said it, when or where.
>
> Will
>
>
>
>
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