For the "Show respect" thing, I'd go as far as saying something to the effect of
"do not photograph if it is not allowed, do not use you flash, do not attempt in any way to 'steal' photographs, as the quality will be poor and the short-term thrill and benefits are vastly exceeded by the long-term grudge and lack of confidence that the institution will hold towards us". -- Rama On 06/06/2011, Liam Wyatt <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Jean-Fred for creating this page: > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Usage_guidelines_for_public_domain_works > > I've gone ahead and on the basis of Europeana's original > guidelines<http://www.europeana.eu/portal/pd-usage-guide.html>and some > of the comments that have been made so far (on both lists) I've > attempted to fill out this page on Commons with our own PD usage guidelines. > I've summarised it to 6 points: > > - Give attribution > - Give credit > - Show respect > - Share > - Be aware > - Preserve > > I have also added in the lead... "Importantly, such a guideline is in no way > a legal contract or an attempt to "enclose" the reuse of public domain > works; but would indicate a "polite" way to deal with these works. If these > principles prevents you from improving Wikimedia projects or sharing > cultural heritage, ignore it." > > Can I suggest that we take discussions from both cultural-partners-l and > commons-l on this issue to the talkpage: > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Usage_guidelines_for_public_domain_works > > Sincerely, > -Liam > > wittylama.com/blog > Peace, love & metadata > _______________________________________________ Commons-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l
