Hello Fae, There should be no explicit statement because the WMF holds it self-evident to preserve. The bigger problem might be the project scope. I don't know what kind of images your academic partners wishes to upload.
Kind regards Ziko 2011/6/2 Gerard Meijssen <[email protected]>: > Hoi, > It is the explicit goal of the Wikimedia Foundation to make information > available for as long as it exist. In addition to this, there are several > copies at the Internet Archive. > > If there is no statement that satisfies your need, it will not be hard for > the WMF board to come up with one. Having such a statement by tomorrow is a > bit much to ask for. > Thanks, > GerardM > > On 2 June 2011 13:29, Fae <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm taking part in an images discussion workshop with a number of >> academics tomorrow and could do with a statement about the WMF's long >> term commitment to supporting Wikimedia Commons (and other projects) >> in terms of the public availability of media. Is there an official >> published policy I can point to that includes, say, a 10 year or 100 >> commitment? >> >> If it exists, this would be a key factor for researchers choosing >> where to share their images with the public. >> >> Thanks, >> Fae >> -- >> http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae >> Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/faetags >> >> _______________________________________________ >> foundation-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >> > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Ziko van Dijk The Netherlands http://zikoblog.wordpress.com/ _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
