Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: [Wikipedia-l] Please HELP save Wikipedia history ! (urgent)

2010-02-20 Thread geni
On 20 February 2010 05:54, The Cunctator cuncta...@gmail.com wrote: Yes. This is idiotic. The logo contest followed the same rules as all other submissions to Wikipedia -- they were submitted under the GFDL. Evidence? -- geni ___ foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: [Wikipedia-l] Please HELP save Wikipedia history ! (urgent)

2010-02-20 Thread Tomasz Ganicz
2010/2/20 geni geni...@gmail.com: On 20 February 2010 05:54, The Cunctator cuncta...@gmail.com wrote: Yes. This is idiotic. The logo contest followed the same rules as all other submissions to Wikipedia -- they were submitted under the GFDL. Evidence? -- Evidence of what? At the beginning

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: [Wikipedia-l] Please HELP save Wikipedia history ! (urgent)

2010-02-20 Thread Ray Saintonge
K. Peachey wrote: On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 3:54 PM, The Cunctator cuncta...@gmail.com wrote: Yes. This is idiotic. The logo contest followed the same rules as all other submissions to Wikipedia -- they were submitted under the GFDL. Yes, but not everyone knows that and any tom, dick

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: [Wikipedia-l] Please HELP save Wikipedia history ! (urgent)

2010-02-20 Thread K. Peachey
On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 7:51 AM, Ray Saintonge sainto...@telus.net wrote: K. Peachey wrote: On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 3:54 PM, The Cunctator cuncta...@gmail.com wrote: Yes. This is idiotic. The logo contest followed the same rules as all other submissions to Wikipedia -- they were submitted

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: [Wikipedia-l] Please HELP save Wikipedia history ! (urgent)

2010-02-20 Thread geni
On 20 February 2010 19:14, Tomasz Ganicz polime...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/2/20 geni geni...@gmail.com: On 20 February 2010 05:54, The Cunctator cuncta...@gmail.com wrote: Yes. This is idiotic. The logo contest followed the same rules as all other submissions to Wikipedia -- they were submitted

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: [Wikipedia-l] Please HELP save Wikipedia history ! (urgent)

2010-02-20 Thread Ray Saintonge
Tomasz Ganicz wrote: Yes...Copyright paranoia in action... You can always copy those files as long as they exists and simply create your private website with all of them. I wonder who is going to sue you for copyvio in such the case. I guess nobody... Anyway this is indeed big question if we

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: [Wikipedia-l] Please HELP save Wikipedia history ! (urgent)

2010-02-20 Thread Tomasz Ganicz
2010/2/20 geni geni...@gmail.com: On 20 February 2010 19:14, Tomasz Ganicz polime...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/2/20 geni geni...@gmail.com: On 20 February 2010 05:54, The Cunctator cuncta...@gmail.com wrote: Yes. This is idiotic. The logo contest followed the same rules as all other submissions

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: [Wikipedia-l] Please HELP save Wikipedia history ! (urgent)

2010-02-20 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 20 February 2010 22:49, Tomasz Ganicz polime...@gmail.com wrote: Evidence? :-) Is there any formal document of Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees which says, that logo candidates are a special case for copyright issues or it is just your assumption? Why would it be a board document?

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: [Wikipedia-l] Please HELP save Wikipedia history ! (urgent)

2010-02-20 Thread Ray Saintonge
K. Peachey wrote: On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 7:51 AM, Ray Saintonge wrote: You're shifting the burden onto the wrong people. If the images followed the general rule that prevailed when they were uploaded the presumption is that they followed that rule unless there was an exception specified

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: [Wikipedia-l] Please HELP save Wikipedia history ! (urgent)

2010-02-20 Thread Tomasz Ganicz
2010/2/20 Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com: On 20 February 2010 22:49, Tomasz Ganicz polime...@gmail.com wrote: Evidence? :-) Is there any formal document of Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees which says, that logo candidates are a special case for copyright issues or it is just your

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: [Wikipedia-l] Please HELP save Wikipedia history ! (urgent)

2010-02-20 Thread Florence Devouard
I'll engage myself on all of them (GFDL presumed) I am tagging the 370. Already did 200 today. Will finish the last 170 by hand tomorrow. That's a fascinating job. Ant On 2/20/10 6:54 AM, The Cunctator wrote: Yes. This is idiotic. The logo contest followed the same rules as all other

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: [Wikipedia-l] Please HELP save Wikipedia history ! (urgent)

2010-02-20 Thread Tomasz Ganicz
2010/2/20 Ray Saintonge sainto...@telus.net: Probabilistic arguments are difficult to establish when the majority still believes in legal certainty in the same way that it believes in God. I am not quite sure what you wanted to say :-) Anyway - this cited sentence is for me a nice expression

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: [Wikipedia-l] Please HELP save Wikipedia history ! (urgent)

2010-02-20 Thread Anthony
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 6:01 PM, Tomasz Ganicz polime...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/2/20 Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com: On 20 February 2010 22:49, Tomasz Ganicz polime...@gmail.com wrote: Evidence? :-) Is there any formal document of Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees which says,

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: [Wikipedia-l] Please HELP save Wikipedia history ! (urgent)

2010-02-20 Thread Anthony
By the way, here's a thread from 2007, which unfortunately never came to a conclusion as to the answer to the question: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/94312 ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org