2014-06-22 18:10 GMT+02:00 Itzik Edri <itzik(a)infra.co.il>il>:
I'm saying that in *my personal opinion* as
Wikimedians, and not I'm
representing WMIL (which will continue FULLY to support the efforts on this
issue) or any other official role i'm holding: but to be honest, as the
situation looks right now in the commons - I don't think the government of
Israel, or any other government need to behave according to the commons
admins and their personal actions and opinions. From the government point
of view - the photos are available online, they are free, they are no
longer under copyright and they welcome everyone to uses it. Many people
are already using the photos on websites, Flickrs accounts and others
photos services - if the commons want to write his one rules
and interpretations, even when the WMF BOT and the WMF legal staff don't
fully support their steps - this is the commons and the movement problem to
handle - not the government that have many others issues to handle, as this
is not easy to reach and implement decision - and it rellevent to
every government in the world. They are not working for us.
I am absolutely agree with that (also as my personal opinion).
The government allows the very free use of it, the WMF legal staff and the
BOT don't think the URAA should be used to delete photos on Commons without
office action, but the Commons admins do so. This is a big frustration for
all who spend stuff to Commons and their work and time for our projects.
Steffen