Absolutely fair point, Lodewijk. Short answer: the idea went through a
metamorphosis and was constantly pushed back in time.  Anyhow, the name of
the site, the image and the link are now changed:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/Engage/GovernmentLicenses

2016-09-12 16:00 GMT+02:00 L.Gelauff <[email protected]>:

> Hi,
>
> I'm a little confused :) The page is called 'Freedom of information' and
> this is also what the logo emphasizes. This is a well known concept, which
> is all about disclosing information.
>
> Now this specific question seems however to be focused on the license
> under which certain organizations publish stuff (?) although it is unclear
> in which capacity, etc.
>
> It feels like two questions/areas are being mixed here, and I'm not sure
> if that is helpful :)
>
> Best,
> Lodewijk
>
> 2016-09-12 12:18 GMT+02:00 Jean-Frédéric <[email protected]>:
>
>>  Hi,
>>
>> Me an Jan from the WMF have been talking for a while that it could be
>>> very useful to have detailed and structured information on the use of free
>>> licenses by government press services and state archives agencies.
>>>
>>
>> Sounds interesting indeed!
>>
>> Commons host quite some freely-licensed works from government agencies,
>> so this might be a useful starting point:
>> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_governments>
>>
>> As a first step we have assembled all the national archives and all the
>>> government press services of EU/EEA/CH countries. [1] Now, we might benefit
>>> from your help.
>>>
>>> The idea is quite straightforward. We need to gather data on how each of
>>> these organisations currently licenses their works. As a second step, we
>>> will send them a written inquiry on whether they might be open to switching
>>> to open licenses and if not, why. If this fails, we might file freedom of
>>> information requests if we feel like there is data that should be public
>>> but is being withheld.
>>>
>>> If think this is an interesting initiative and would like to help us
>>> out, please get in touch here or directly contribute to the Meta-Wiki page.
>>>
>>> Cheers and have a great weekend!
>>> Dimi
>>>
>>> [1]https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/Engage/FoI
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>>
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