Re: [WikiEN-l] GDFL compliance

2009-08-10 Thread Jay Litwyn
Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote in message news:b8ceeef70906112226t56603352y27a9fc22fbea9...@mail.gmail.com... On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 2:26 AM, Sam Kornsmo...@gmail.com wrote: (Photo: a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Houses_of_Parliament.jpg;Wikipedia/a) I imagine that would

Re: [WikiEN-l] GDFL compliance

2009-08-10 Thread Jay Litwyn
Ray Saintonge sainto...@telus.net wrote in message news:4a32892b.90...@telus.net... Sam Korn wrote: On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 6:26 AM, Steve Bennett wrote: On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 2:26 AM, Sam Korn wrote: (Photo: a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Houses_of_Parliament.jpg;Wikipedia/a)

Re: [WikiEN-l] GDFL compliance

2009-08-10 Thread Jay Litwyn
Andrew Turvey andrewrtur...@googlemail.com wrote in message news:5465232.561244846011734.javamail.sys...@atsl_laptop... - Unionhawk unionhawk.site...@gmail.com wrote: Well, I mean, what difference does it make? I guess it probably should have a link, but, honestly, with the number of

Re: [WikiEN-l] GDFL compliance

2009-08-10 Thread Jay Litwyn
AGK wiki...@googlemail.com wrote in message news:a342424e0906051009g38d27b9dked2193916a6dc...@mail.gmail.com... If not, is there a group of people somewhere who chase up copyvios like this? I suppose the Free Software Foundation would be the body responsible for chasing up copyright

Re: [WikiEN-l] GDFL compliance

2009-06-13 Thread Carcharoth
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 10:02 PM, Michael Peelem...@mikepeel.net wrote: snip In the case of the images that I've taken myself and uploaded to Commons (CC-BY-SA license), pretty much the only thing I'm after for myself is attribution. I believe that's a standard stance amongst photographers

Re: [WikiEN-l] GDFL compliance

2009-06-13 Thread Sam Korn
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 10:02 PM, Michael Peelem...@mikepeel.net wrote: On 12 Jun 2009, at 11:13, Sam Korn wrote: Right.  I certainly agree that it would be better to name the author. But when articles are reused, they generally link to the Wikipedia article without giving a list of

Re: [WikiEN-l] GDFL compliance

2009-06-12 Thread Sam Korn
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 6:26 AM, Steve Bennettstevag...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 2:26 AM, Sam Kornsmo...@gmail.com wrote: (Photo: a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Houses_of_Parliament.jpg;Wikipedia/a) I imagine that would satisfy *almost* everyone. Hell no. You didn't

Re: [WikiEN-l] GDFL compliance

2009-06-11 Thread Steve Bennett
On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 2:26 AM, Sam Kornsmo...@gmail.com wrote: (Photo: a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Houses_of_Parliament.jpg;Wikipedia/a) I imagine that would satisfy *almost* everyone. Hell no. You didn't even credit the author. Photo: WikiWitch at Wikipedia, under GFDL.

Re: [WikiEN-l] GDFL compliance

2009-06-09 Thread Unionhawk
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Well, I mean, what difference does it make? I guess it probably should have a link, but, honestly, with the number of Wikipedia images being reused these days, I don't think it would be worth it to attempt to track them all down... - --Unionhawk

Re: [WikiEN-l] GDFL compliance

2009-06-07 Thread David Gerard
2009/6/6 Anthony wikim...@inbox.org: no synopsis can substitute for what the text of the licensehttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:GNU_Free_Documentation_Licensesays, and if in doubt the reuser should seek a proper legal opinion (

Re: [WikiEN-l] GDFL compliance

2009-06-06 Thread Sam Korn
On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 12:21 AM, Falcorianalex.public.account+enwikimailingl...@gmail.com wrote: We have a policy: [[Wikipedia:Reusing Wikipedia content]] It would be good to have something that specifically referred to reuse of images, since I think that is probably more common than reusing

Re: [WikiEN-l] GDFL compliance

2009-06-06 Thread geni
2009/6/6 Sam Korn smo...@gmail.com: On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 12:21 AM, Falcorianalex.public.account+enwikimailingl...@gmail.com wrote: We have a policy: [[Wikipedia:Reusing Wikipedia content]] It would be good to have something that specifically referred to reuse of images, since I think

Re: [WikiEN-l] GDFL compliance

2009-06-06 Thread geni
2009/6/6 Angela bees...@gmail.com: On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 2:26 AM, Sam Kornsmo...@gmail.com wrote: (Photo: a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Houses_of_Parliament.jpg;Wikipedia/a) I imagine that would satisfy *almost* everyone. Adding the license wouldn't be much harder: (Photo: a

Re: [WikiEN-l] GDFL compliance

2009-06-06 Thread Sam Korn
On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 12:55 PM, genigeni...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/6/6 Angela bees...@gmail.com: On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 2:26 AM, Sam Kornsmo...@gmail.com wrote: (Photo: a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Houses_of_Parliament.jpg;Wikipedia/a) I imagine that would satisfy *almost*

Re: [WikiEN-l] GDFL compliance

2009-06-06 Thread David Gerard
2009/6/5 Andrew Turvey andrewrtur...@googlemail.com: Can I put the question in another way: Suppose a media company lawyer came to us and said we've found this photo on Wikimedia that we would like to use - how can we do this and comply with the copyright What would we say in response? Is

Re: [WikiEN-l] GDFL compliance

2009-06-06 Thread David Gerard
2009/6/6 AGK wiki...@googlemail.com: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Reusing_content_outside_Wikimedia was written specifically to deal with this precise question. And a very good guide it is. It would be ideal if more media organisations followed its advice. It's useful to

Re: [WikiEN-l] GDFL compliance

2009-06-05 Thread Unionhawk
So, how *should* it be attributed? I'm confused... Go Freedom! Unionhawk On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Andrew Turvey andrewrtur...@googlemail.comwrote: It's great to see more and more people re-using Wikipedia content. such as this: http://euobserver.com/9/28232 However, does this

Re: [WikiEN-l] GDFL compliance

2009-06-05 Thread Andrew Turvey
- Casey Brown cbrown1023...@gmail.com wrote: From: Casey Brown cbrown1023...@gmail.com Well, that's the media. :-) They're used to being able to just say random things like source: Reuters that make no sense whatsoever. ;-) Yeah - but the difference there is that they're actually

Re: [WikiEN-l] GDFL compliance

2009-06-05 Thread Sam Korn
On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 10:40 PM, Unionhawkunionhawk.site...@gmail.com wrote: So, how *should* it be attributed? I'm confused... (Photo: a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Houses_of_Parliament.jpg;Wikipedia/a) I imagine that would satisfy *almost* everyone. -- Sam PGP public key:

Re: [WikiEN-l] GDFL compliance

2009-06-05 Thread Ray Saintonge
Stephen Bain wrote: On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 6:40 AM, Andrew wrote: However, does this comply with the GDFL license? All it says by way of attribution is (Photo: wikipedia) No. What's needed is: 1) A copy of the GFDL. For web uses, a link to the GFDL is generally accepted as

Re: [WikiEN-l] GDFL compliance

2009-06-05 Thread Ray Saintonge
Andrew Turvey wrote: -- Casey Brown wrote: Well, that's the media. :-) They're used to being able to just say random things like source: Reuters that make no sense whatsoever. ;-) Yeah - but the difference there is that they're actually paying Reuters for it and using it with

Re: [WikiEN-l] GDFL compliance

2009-06-05 Thread AGK
If not, is there a group of people somewhere who chase up copyvios like this? I suppose the Free Software Foundation would be the body responsible for chasing up copyright violations, but, if they are anything like almost every other non-profit in the world, they probably don't have the time

Re: [WikiEN-l] GDFL compliance

2009-06-05 Thread Ray Saintonge
David Gerard wrote: 2009/6/4 Andrew Turvey: It's great to see more and more people re-using Wikipedia content. such as this: http://euobserver.com/9/28232 However, does this comply with the GDFL license? All it says by way of attribution is (Photo: wikipedia) If not, is there a group

Re: [WikiEN-l] GDFL compliance

2009-06-05 Thread Andrew Turvey
...@gmail.com wrote: From: Sam Korn smo...@gmail.com To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Friday, 5 June, 2009 17:26:32 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] GDFL compliance On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 10:40 PM, Unionhawk wrote: So, how *should

Re: [WikiEN-l] GDFL compliance

2009-06-05 Thread Falcorian
+00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] GDFL compliance On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 10:40 PM, Unionhawk wrote: So, how *should* it be attributed? I'm confused... (Photo: Wikipedia ) I imagine that would satisfy *almost* everyone. -- Sam PGP public key: http

Re: [WikiEN-l] GDFL compliance

2009-06-05 Thread Angela
On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 2:26 AM, Sam Kornsmo...@gmail.com wrote: (Photo: a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Houses_of_Parliament.jpg;Wikipedia/a) I imagine that would satisfy *almost* everyone. Adding the license wouldn't be much harder: (Photo: a

[WikiEN-l] GDFL compliance

2009-06-04 Thread Andrew Turvey
It's great to see more and more people re-using Wikipedia content. such as this: http://euobserver.com/9/28232 However, does this comply with the GDFL license? All it says by way of attribution is (Photo: wikipedia) If not, is there a group of people somewhere who chase up copyvios like

Re: [WikiEN-l] GDFL compliance

2009-06-04 Thread David Gerard
2009/6/4 Andrew Turvey andrewrtur...@googlemail.com: It's great to see more and more people re-using Wikipedia content. such as this: http://euobserver.com/9/28232 However, does this comply with the GDFL license? All it says by way of attribution is (Photo: wikipedia) If not, is there a

Re: [WikiEN-l] GDFL compliance

2009-06-04 Thread Andrew Turvey
(source:Wikipedia) quoted a few times on media pictures now. - David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: From: David Gerard dger...@gmail.com To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Thursday, 4 June, 2009 21:55:23 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l

Re: [WikiEN-l] GDFL compliance

2009-06-04 Thread David Gerard
2009/6/4 Andrew Turvey andrewrtur...@googlemail.com: Just out of interest, what is doing it right in this context. Is a link to http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Houses_of_Parliament.jpg plus an extended text along the lines of, say, the bottom of

Re: [WikiEN-l] GDFL compliance

2009-06-04 Thread Stephen Bain
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 6:40 AM, Andrew Turveyandrewrtur...@googlemail.com wrote: However, does this comply with the GDFL license? All it says by way of attribution is (Photo: wikipedia) No. What's needed is: 1) A copy of the GFDL. For web uses, a link to the GFDL is generally accepted as

Re: [WikiEN-l] GDFL compliance

2009-06-04 Thread Casey Brown
On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 5:41 PM, Andrew Turveyandrewrtur...@googlemail.com wrote: Just out of interest, what is doing it right in this context. Is a link to http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Houses_of_Parliament.jpg plus an extended text along the lines of, say, the bottom of