On 3 August 2018 at 22:12, Andy Mabbett <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:
On 2 August 2018 at 02:51, Gregory Varnum
<gvarnum(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
You can check it out for yourself here (you may
need to clear your browser's cache):
https://wikimediafoundation.org/
The home page currently says:
" Everything on a Wikimedia site is available as Creative Commons material.
"
That is not true. Material includes:
* PD content (copyright expires; US government, etc)
* Fair-use copyright material.
In the latter case, suggesting otherwise could be harmful to our users.
The text I cited has now been changed to "All text on Wikimedia sites
is available as Creative Commons material".
This does not resolve the issue I raised above; as my first bullet
point applies not only to media files, but also to numerous texts on
Wikimedia sites; not least a large part of Wikisource.
Furthermore, the "Sesame Street" image used
on the site's home page
and the linked article, is labelled on Commons: "This work might not
be available under a free license in the United States because it is
based on an artwork or sculpture that may be protected by copyright
under U.S. law."
This image is still on the pages I mentioned.
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Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk