Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

2011-09-29 Thread Srikanth Lakshmanan 
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:29, Vickram Crishna wrote:

>
> In this particular case, doubtless Arun Ganesh is specifically aggrieved,
> since it was his picture the Government has acquired al la Singur (but
> without the comforting legislative sanction such actions normally need), but
> WMF's ability to display content in the public domain would be rather
> severely constrained if government functionaries made a habit of this sort
> of thing. As a matter of fact, we have been discussing on separate threads
> just how much that ability is constrained by new definitions in India
> extending copyright in text and picture for extended periods that even the
> pharmaceutical sector does not enjoy for formulations that have been brought
> into the market only after the expenditure of several millions of dollars
> (which they ameliorate by 'conducting' clinical tests in India winkety wink
> but that's another tale for another thread) in developmental costs.


Though it might be related, lets not get into Indian copyright law debate
here, atleast not in this thread. As for this case,the violations have been
noted on talk page[1][2] and no one can question copyvio including the
government. (Usually our admins are more paranoid about violations than
govt, which in its own way helps)

[1] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File_talk:Santhome_Basilica.jpg
[2] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File_talk:Tidel_Park.jpg

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

2011-09-29 Thread Vickram Crishna 
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Gautam John wrote:

> Vickram:
>
> > I am not insisting that WMF or the Chapter take the lead in this matter -
> > there are plenty of NGOs and brave individuals out there fighting for the
> > preservation of our fundamental rights. But in this case, it is precisely
> > WMF (or if you please, the Chapter, although I don't really see the
> > connection, unless the Chapter charter includes a specific assignment of
> > rights from the Foundation for such purposes) that is the aggrieved
> party,
> > having posted information (or, to be legally specific, enabled the
> posting)
> > in the public domain for the common weal, that has been sought to be
> stolen
> > arbitrarily and without any form of legal sanction.
>
> Actually, in this case the aggrieved party is not the Foundation or
> the Chapter but Arun Ganesh. Neither the Foundation nor the Chapter
> derive any rights from the content being available on a WMF project.
>

In this particular case, doubtless Arun Ganesh is specifically aggrieved,
since it was his picture the Government has acquired al la Singur (but
without the comforting legislative sanction such actions normally need), but
WMF's ability to display content in the public domain would be rather
severely constrained if government functionaries made a habit of this sort
of thing. As a matter of fact, we have been discussing on separate threads
just how much that ability is constrained by new definitions in India
extending copyright in text and picture for extended periods that even the
pharmaceutical sector does not enjoy for formulations that have been brought
into the market only after the expenditure of several millions of dollars
(which they ameliorate by 'conducting' clinical tests in India winkety wink
but that's another tale for another thread) in developmental costs.

>
> > My query was only to establish whether Wikimedia in general is playing an
> > active role in the courts in such matters, in India as well as abroad.
>
> Not in India - it's far too soon but in the US, the WMF has filed, via
> EFF, an amicus brief in an ongoing litigation in the US. More here:
>
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/239118
>
>
Many thanks Gautam. I agree it is probably a little early for the Chapter,
an organisation that is in effect just getting off the ground, but perhaps
it can be taken on board.

> Thank you.
>
> Best,
>
> Gautam
> 
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

2011-09-29 Thread Gautam John 
Vickram:

> I am not insisting that WMF or the Chapter take the lead in this matter -
> there are plenty of NGOs and brave individuals out there fighting for the
> preservation of our fundamental rights. But in this case, it is precisely
> WMF (or if you please, the Chapter, although I don't really see the
> connection, unless the Chapter charter includes a specific assignment of
> rights from the Foundation for such purposes) that is the aggrieved party,
> having posted information (or, to be legally specific, enabled the posting)
> in the public domain for the common weal, that has been sought to be stolen
> arbitrarily and without any form of legal sanction.

Actually, in this case the aggrieved party is not the Foundation or
the Chapter but Arun Ganesh. Neither the Foundation nor the Chapter
derive any rights from the content being available on a WMF project.

> My query was only to establish whether Wikimedia in general is playing an
> active role in the courts in such matters, in India as well as abroad.

Not in India - it's far too soon but in the US, the WMF has filed, via
EFF, an amicus brief in an ongoing litigation in the US. More here:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/239118

Thank you.

Best,

Gautam

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

2011-09-29 Thread Vickram Crishna 
I am sorry that my simple query did not include my reasoning. The purpose of
going to court is not to enforce rights per se for a particular photograph,
but to send a signal to the government that a right enjoyed by all cannot be
arbitrarily abstracted by the government, and that it amounts to
intellectual theft, aside from a signal failure of the government to protect
the Constitution, which assigns this right.

In fact, we (persons who have a point of view about IPR that is somewhat at
odds with the reasoning that has gone behind the enactment of amendments
and/or rules to the Copyright Act in accordance with certain provisions
under TRIPS etc, and of course we believe that this category should include
all persons in favour of Wikipedia) actually want the opposite, we want the
government to assign public rights by default over all intellectual content
created at public cost, save only that (and it should be specifically
described with a logical, transparent and clear methodology and process, not
some peon lagaaoing a rubber stamp marked 'Secret' with gay abandon, only
because the officer concerned is too lazy or uneducated to do her homework)
content that pertains clearly and unequivocally to national security for
which provision has been made in the Constitution, and of course,
information pertaining to the personal privacy rights of individuals, which
by definition cannot be acquired by the government in the first place
(although it may in the interest of good governance, document or tabulate
such information for specifically defines purposes, and for such purposes
only).

Wow! That's some sentence - it is an example of how legal writing sometime
needs to be nitpickingly precise, even at the cost of obvious clarity.

I am not insisting that WMF or the Chapter take the lead in this matter -
there are plenty of NGOs and brave individuals out there fighting for the
preservation of our fundamental rights. But in this case, it is precisely
WMF (or if you please, the Chapter, although I don't really see the
connection, unless the Chapter charter includes a specific assignment of
rights from the Foundation for such purposes) that is the aggrieved party,
having posted information (or, to be legally specific, enabled the posting)
in the public domain for the common weal, that has been sought to be stolen
arbitrarily and without any form of legal sanction.

My query was only to establish whether Wikimedia in general is playing an
active role in the courts in such matters, in India as well as abroad.

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
rsrikant...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Gautam, I meant Prasar Bharathi. The parent company of Doordarshan. It
> is a Central Government entity.
> Re,+
> SR, CBE.
>
> On 29/09/2011, Srikanth Ramakrishnan  wrote:
> > Gautam, PB is a CG body, you might want to draft a letter in Hindi or
> > for that matter, in all 22 languages enjoying official status.
> > I think our course of action, now is not to draft letters or go to
> > court, but since we now know that media from the Commons is being used
> > in education, bring more awareness about the Commons and get more
> > contributors.
> >
> > On 29/09/2011, Srikanth Ramakrishnan  wrote:
> >> Arun, when has any Indian government ever credited us when flicking
> >> our images? Even Doordarshan has aired photographs from the Commons
> >> and put a Copyright 2009, Prasar Bharti notice on it.
> >> -Re,
> >> Srikanth.
> >>
> >> On 29/09/2011, Srikanth Ramakrishnan  wrote:
> >>> Thanks for the heads up Srikanth and Bala. The website is a bit buggy
> >>> on my system. Since I have physical access to the Samacheer textbooks,
> >>> I shall have a look and post a full page *review* of it. I'll keep you
> >>> both and Sundar updated on the matter. I believe there is a lot of
> >>> scope for improvement, which we can suggest. As for the who reads
> >>> Further Reading matter, I do. The textbook has always been my mortal
> >>> enemy, hence I always stuck to the further reading sections.
> >>>  --Re, Srikanth R, Coimbatore.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Sent from my mobile device
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> ME.
> >>> Wear a Lungi, Support the Movement
> >>>  My infrastructure invasion... plus other images
> >>> too.. on Wikimedia Commons. http://bit.ly/d50SIq
> >>>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Sent from my mobile device
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> ME.
> >> Wear a Lungi, Support the Movement
> >>  My infrastructure invasion... plus other images
> >> too.. on Wikimedia Commons. http://bit.ly/d50SIq
> >>
> >
> > --
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> >
> > Regards,
> > ME.
> > Wear a Lungi, Support the Movement
> >  My infrastructure invasion... plus other images
> > too.. on Wikimedia Commons. http://bit.ly/d50SIq
> >
>
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>
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> ME.
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic Languages: Shiju Alex

2011-09-29 Thread Gerard Meijssen 
Hoi,
I could not be more happy. Shiju we must talk.
Thanks,
  GerardM

On 29 September 2011 20:14, Ashwin Baindur  wrote:

> Welcome on board, Shiju!
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Ashwin Baindur
> --
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Gautam John wrote:
>
>> On 30 September 2011 07:24, Hisham  wrote:
>>
>> > I'm really pleased to inform you that he has now joined India Programs
>> (on
>> > September 24th.)
>>
>> Good luck Shiju!
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Gautam
>> 
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic Languages: Shiju Alex

2011-09-29 Thread Ashwin Baindur 
Welcome on board, Shiju!

Warm regards,

Ashwin Baindur
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On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Gautam John wrote:

> On 30 September 2011 07:24, Hisham  wrote:
>
> > I'm really pleased to inform you that he has now joined India Programs
> (on
> > September 24th.)
>
> Good luck Shiju!
>
> Thank you.
>
> Best,
>
> Gautam
> 
> http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Indic Languages: Shiju Alex

2011-09-29 Thread Gautam John 
On 30 September 2011 07:24, Hisham  wrote:

> I'm really pleased to inform you that he has now joined India Programs (on
> September 24th.)

Good luck Shiju!

Thank you.

Best,

Gautam

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[Wikimediaindia-l] Indic Languages: Shiju Alex

2011-09-29 Thread Hisham 
cross-posting to reach pan-India; apologies if you have got it from other 
mailing lists.

Dear All

As I had mentioned in a previous posting (and as was so touchingly welcomed by 
so many of of you), Shiju Alex is joining us to lead our Indic Languages 
initiatives.  In this mail 
(http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2011-July/003845.html), 
I had indicated that he would join around September-October.  

I'm really pleased to inform you that he has now joined India Programs (on 
September 24th.)  

Indic Languages is an important priority for us - and Shiju intends to start 
work on this urgently.  He'll be in touch shortly on this matter.

Welcome aboard, Shiju!

Warmest Regards,

hisham

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

2011-09-29 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan 
Gautam, I meant Prasar Bharathi. The parent company of Doordarshan. It
is a Central Government entity.
Re,+
SR, CBE.

On 29/09/2011, Srikanth Ramakrishnan  wrote:
> Gautam, PB is a CG body, you might want to draft a letter in Hindi or
> for that matter, in all 22 languages enjoying official status.
> I think our course of action, now is not to draft letters or go to
> court, but since we now know that media from the Commons is being used
> in education, bring more awareness about the Commons and get more
> contributors.
>
> On 29/09/2011, Srikanth Ramakrishnan  wrote:
>> Arun, when has any Indian government ever credited us when flicking
>> our images? Even Doordarshan has aired photographs from the Commons
>> and put a Copyright 2009, Prasar Bharti notice on it.
>> -Re,
>> Srikanth.
>>
>> On 29/09/2011, Srikanth Ramakrishnan  wrote:
>>> Thanks for the heads up Srikanth and Bala. The website is a bit buggy
>>> on my system. Since I have physical access to the Samacheer textbooks,
>>> I shall have a look and post a full page *review* of it. I'll keep you
>>> both and Sundar updated on the matter. I believe there is a lot of
>>> scope for improvement, which we can suggest. As for the who reads
>>> Further Reading matter, I do. The textbook has always been my mortal
>>> enemy, hence I always stuck to the further reading sections.
>>>  --Re, Srikanth R, Coimbatore.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sent from my mobile device
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> ME.
>>> Wear a Lungi, Support the Movement
>>>  My infrastructure invasion... plus other images
>>> too.. on Wikimedia Commons. http://bit.ly/d50SIq
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Sent from my mobile device
>>
>> Regards,
>> ME.
>> Wear a Lungi, Support the Movement
>>  My infrastructure invasion... plus other images
>> too.. on Wikimedia Commons. http://bit.ly/d50SIq
>>
>
> --
> Sent from my mobile device
>
> Regards,
> ME.
> Wear a Lungi, Support the Movement
>  My infrastructure invasion... plus other images
> too.. on Wikimedia Commons. http://bit.ly/d50SIq
>

-- 
Sent from my mobile device

Regards,
ME.
Wear a Lungi, Support the Movement
 My infrastructure invasion... plus other images
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

2011-09-29 Thread Gautam John 
On 29 September 2011 15:56, Pradeep Mohandas  wrote:

> Central Government, I think. :)

Oh! Pratham Books is most certainly not a Central Government body!

Thank you.

Best,

Gautam

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

2011-09-29 Thread Pradeep Mohandas 
Central Government, I think. :)

warm regards,
Pradeep

On 29 September 2011 15:52, Gautam John  wrote:

> PB is what?! CG?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Best,
>
> Gautam
> 
> http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html
>
>
>
>
> On 29 September 2011 15:48, Srikanth Ramakrishnan 
> wrote:
> > Gautam, PB is a CG body, you might want to draft a letter in Hindi or
> > for that matter, in all 22 languages enjoying official status.
> > I think our course of action, now is not to draft letters or go to
> > court, but since we now know that media from the Commons is being used
> > in education, bring more awareness about the Commons and get more
> > contributors.
> >
> > On 29/09/2011, Srikanth Ramakrishnan  wrote:
> >> Arun, when has any Indian government ever credited us when flicking
> >> our images? Even Doordarshan has aired photographs from the Commons
> >> and put a Copyright 2009, Prasar Bharti notice on it.
> >> -Re,
> >> Srikanth.
> >>
> >> On 29/09/2011, Srikanth Ramakrishnan  wrote:
> >>> Thanks for the heads up Srikanth and Bala. The website is a bit buggy
> >>> on my system. Since I have physical access to the Samacheer textbooks,
> >>> I shall have a look and post a full page *review* of it. I'll keep you
> >>> both and Sundar updated on the matter. I believe there is a lot of
> >>> scope for improvement, which we can suggest. As for the who reads
> >>> Further Reading matter, I do. The textbook has always been my mortal
> >>> enemy, hence I always stuck to the further reading sections.
> >>>  --Re, Srikanth R, Coimbatore.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Sent from my mobile device
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> ME.
> >>> Wear a Lungi, Support the Movement
> >>>  My infrastructure invasion... plus other images
> >>> too.. on Wikimedia Commons. http://bit.ly/d50SIq
> >>>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Sent from my mobile device
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> ME.
> >> Wear a Lungi, Support the Movement
> >>  My infrastructure invasion... plus other images
> >> too.. on Wikimedia Commons. http://bit.ly/d50SIq
> >>
> >
> > --
> > Sent from my mobile device
> >
> > Regards,
> > ME.
> > Wear a Lungi, Support the Movement
> >  My infrastructure invasion... plus other images
> > too.. on Wikimedia Commons. http://bit.ly/d50SIq
> >
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

2011-09-29 Thread Gautam John 
PB is what?! CG?

Thank you.

Best,

Gautam

http://blog.prathambooks.org/p/social-media.html




On 29 September 2011 15:48, Srikanth Ramakrishnan  wrote:
> Gautam, PB is a CG body, you might want to draft a letter in Hindi or
> for that matter, in all 22 languages enjoying official status.
> I think our course of action, now is not to draft letters or go to
> court, but since we now know that media from the Commons is being used
> in education, bring more awareness about the Commons and get more
> contributors.
>
> On 29/09/2011, Srikanth Ramakrishnan  wrote:
>> Arun, when has any Indian government ever credited us when flicking
>> our images? Even Doordarshan has aired photographs from the Commons
>> and put a Copyright 2009, Prasar Bharti notice on it.
>> -Re,
>> Srikanth.
>>
>> On 29/09/2011, Srikanth Ramakrishnan  wrote:
>>> Thanks for the heads up Srikanth and Bala. The website is a bit buggy
>>> on my system. Since I have physical access to the Samacheer textbooks,
>>> I shall have a look and post a full page *review* of it. I'll keep you
>>> both and Sundar updated on the matter. I believe there is a lot of
>>> scope for improvement, which we can suggest. As for the who reads
>>> Further Reading matter, I do. The textbook has always been my mortal
>>> enemy, hence I always stuck to the further reading sections.
>>>  --Re, Srikanth R, Coimbatore.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sent from my mobile device
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> ME.
>>> Wear a Lungi, Support the Movement
>>>  My infrastructure invasion... plus other images
>>> too.. on Wikimedia Commons. http://bit.ly/d50SIq
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Sent from my mobile device
>>
>> Regards,
>> ME.
>> Wear a Lungi, Support the Movement
>>  My infrastructure invasion... plus other images
>> too.. on Wikimedia Commons. http://bit.ly/d50SIq
>>
>
> --
> Sent from my mobile device
>
> Regards,
> ME.
> Wear a Lungi, Support the Movement
>  My infrastructure invasion... plus other images
> too.. on Wikimedia Commons. http://bit.ly/d50SIq
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

2011-09-29 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan 
Gautam, PB is a CG body, you might want to draft a letter in Hindi or
for that matter, in all 22 languages enjoying official status.
I think our course of action, now is not to draft letters or go to
court, but since we now know that media from the Commons is being used
in education, bring more awareness about the Commons and get more
contributors.

On 29/09/2011, Srikanth Ramakrishnan  wrote:
> Arun, when has any Indian government ever credited us when flicking
> our images? Even Doordarshan has aired photographs from the Commons
> and put a Copyright 2009, Prasar Bharti notice on it.
> -Re,
> Srikanth.
>
> On 29/09/2011, Srikanth Ramakrishnan  wrote:
>> Thanks for the heads up Srikanth and Bala. The website is a bit buggy
>> on my system. Since I have physical access to the Samacheer textbooks,
>> I shall have a look and post a full page *review* of it. I'll keep you
>> both and Sundar updated on the matter. I believe there is a lot of
>> scope for improvement, which we can suggest. As for the who reads
>> Further Reading matter, I do. The textbook has always been my mortal
>> enemy, hence I always stuck to the further reading sections.
>>  --Re, Srikanth R, Coimbatore.
>>
>> --
>> Sent from my mobile device
>>
>> Regards,
>> ME.
>> Wear a Lungi, Support the Movement
>>  My infrastructure invasion... plus other images
>> too.. on Wikimedia Commons. http://bit.ly/d50SIq
>>
>
> --
> Sent from my mobile device
>
> Regards,
> ME.
> Wear a Lungi, Support the Movement
>  My infrastructure invasion... plus other images
> too.. on Wikimedia Commons. http://bit.ly/d50SIq
>

-- 
Sent from my mobile device

Regards,
ME.
Wear a Lungi, Support the Movement
 My infrastructure invasion... plus other images
too.. on Wikimedia Commons. http://bit.ly/d50SIq

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

2011-09-29 Thread Gautam John 
On 29 September 2011 14:21, Anirudh Bhati  wrote:

> I would like to think that the general idea behind free-licensing
> creative work is the defensive protection of intellectual property,
> and not to enforce rights in courts of law.

Well, and to ease the use of it while clearly marking it as such and
making interoperability easier. Me thinks a letter explaining the
license, how they can use *any* content from WMF properties and the
attribution would help. And that it is in Tamil too - the content,
that is.

Thank you.

Best,

Gautam

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[Wikimediaindia-l] WCI 2011 : Scholarship

2011-09-29 Thread Naveen Francis 
Hi all,

Wikimedians who have received scholarship please accept(reject) your
scholarship by senting a mail to wikiconferencein...@gmail.com asap.
So that we can work on the second round scholarship list.

Thanks,
For Scholarship Team,
WCI 2011.
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] or.wiktionary.org

2011-09-29 Thread Naveen Francis 
Good news ..

While inviting for WCI 2011 there were no active wikimedian's for
Bengali,
Diveh i ,
Gujaratiand
Pali  wikitionaries.
It will be great if Odia community can share their experience.

Ref :
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2011/Wiki_Outreach#Wiktionary

Thanks,
Naveen


On 28 September 2011 11:48, Asaf Bartov  wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Gerard Meijssen <
> gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hoi,
>> I am really pleased to inform you that the Oriya Wiktionary is the first
>> project ever to be officially re-enabled for editing. The Oriya community is
>> working really hard to make their projects a success. They are noticing that
>> the usability is improving as a consequence of the obligatory localisation
>> that they have to do. Once they are done, the language committee will assess
>> if a Wikiquote can be created as well.
>>
>> The exception that was made to open up the Oriya Wiktionary was given
>> because there is a Wikimeet in the near future and we do want to give their
>> community more of a reason to be happy with their hard work.
>>
>
> This is great news!  Where can I read more about these efforts in Odia?
>
> Cheers,
>
>Asaf
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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

2011-09-29 Thread Anirudh Bhati 
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Gautam John  wrote:
>
> On 29 September 2011 12:13, Vickram Crishna  wrote:
>
> > That is very interesting. Perhaps the WMF has some mechanism in place to go
> > to court?
>
> Perhaps a letter from the Chapter would be more appropriate?

I would like to think that the general idea behind free-licensing
creative work is the defensive protection of intellectual property,
and not to enforce rights in courts of law.

anirudh

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Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Wikipedia in TN text books

2011-09-29 Thread Arun Ganesh 
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Gautam John wrote:

> On 29 September 2011 12:13, Vickram Crishna <
>
vvcris...@radiophony.com> wrote:
>
> > That is very interesting. Perhaps the WMF has some mechanism in place to
> go
> > to court?
>
> Court? that's a bit extreme. This opportunity can be leveraged to bring
some more awareness over creative commons license among government agencies.


> Perhaps a letter from the Chapter would be more appropriate?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Best,
>
> Gautam
> 
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