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

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
That was the Bundesarchiv.
Thanks,
      GerardM

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bundesarchiv

2009/2/15 Patton 123 <pattonabc at gmail.com>

> 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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