I think following the opinion of Carl Lindberg is the best option [1]: "I would personally be happy about not having to delete governmental works which have expired in their own country... those always have felt different to me than privately-held copyrights."
Hope Fae will support me when I start a mass de-admin request followed by my self admin request. :)
Links: 1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump/Copyright/Archive/20...
Jee
On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 6:29 PM, Fæ faewik@gmail.com wrote:
On 23 June 2014 13:42, Lodewijk lodewijk@effeietsanders.org wrote:
The question is whether that is implicit, and whether that is necessary
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all. I find the argument that for government works we only have to bother about the law of the source country, very persuasive.
I can see no point in this discussion. Folks had every opportunity to give viewpoints during the RFC on Commons in April. No opinion in this list makes any tangible difference to the existing on-Commons RFC, on-Commons policies or published U.S. copyright law, even though it may be a good way of blowing off steam.
GUIDE TO PLACES TO COMPLAIN ON COMMONS AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE:
A. If anyone thinks that the April RFC was unclear as to the process that administrators should follow, they can create another.[1]
B. If anyone feels that a particular admin is misusing their powers, then AN/U is a good place to complain, where it might make a difference or ensure that admin publicly justifies their actions.[2][3]
C. A useful place to discuss copyright is the noticeboard on Commons for copyright, the advantage being that the same things do not get said several times over and where it is possible to correct something you write after you press 'send'.[4]
D. Become an admin and do it yourself, or de-sysop an admin you feel has misused their powers, using simple standard processes.[2][5]
Links
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Requests_for_comment
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2014-June/072926.html
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Use... 4. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump/Copyright 5. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Administrators
Fae
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