Wonderful news. Feeling happy to see the differences are settled amicably by both parties.
Regards, J.Balaji On Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 9:48 PM Michal Lester <mles...@wikimedia.org.il wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm happy to share with you that last Monday, nearly four months after > Wikimedia Israel’s extraction of nearly 28-thousand public-domain > photographs <http://wikimedia.org.il/image-mining-project/> from archives > affiliated with the State of Israel and the Zionist movement, an agreement > was finally reached to reconcile the differences between the parties and to > assure future cooperation. > > The archives from which the photographs had been extracted last November > questioned the legitimacy of Wikimedia Israel’s move and demanded an > apology for the misuse of their websites. They agreed, on the other hand, > to enhance access to public-domain material stored in their archives and to > further cooperation with Wikimedia Israel. > > Following the agreement, Wikimedia Israel released a statement saying it > “regrets the situation that has resulted from lack of communication between > the archives and Wikimedia Israel”. The statement further says that > “different world-views and organizational cultures harmed the dialogue and > distorted the understanding of the intentions of the archives and of > Wikimedia Israel”. The statement ends by saying that “this is not how the > affairs should have been conducted, and we wish to apologize to anyone who > sees themselves offended by the move”. > > The agreement calls for better access to public material, while maintaining > better sensitivity, and “respecting the rights of those who deposited the > material and the Israeli law”. In addition, Wikimedia Israel offered its > help in the effort to digitalize the material and make it more accessible. > This should serve not only Israelis, but also people throughout the Middle > East, who could find interest in historical photographs taken decades ago > in neighboring countries and territories. > > I hope that in the near future this agreement will lead to a better > collaboration and releasing of materials. > > Michal > > > > *Michal Lester,* > > *Executive DirectorWikimedia Israel* > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
