2014-06-22 18:10 GMT+02:00 Itzik Edri itzik@infra.co.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