Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] [PRESS RELEASE] Wikipedia Summit “Wikimania” comes to London - Largest ever gathering

2014-07-02 Thread Pierre-Selim
Hi Carlos, thanks for the press release. I just want to point out that as pictures are all CC-BY-SA it photographer should be credited in order to respect the licence (or other terms should be negociated with the copyright holder). It sounds weird to me that in a press release we open the gate of

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] [PRESS RELEASE] Wikipedia Summit “Wikimania” comes to London - Largest ever gathering

2014-07-02 Thread Katherine Maher
Hi Pierre, Your point is well made. We often see a misunderstanding of fair use licensing in the media: they frequently don't license at all, and when they do, they often license incorrectly. Using niceties like Please consider is not meant to introduce ambiguity about whether licensing is

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] [PRESS RELEASE] Wikipedia Summit “Wikimania” comes to London - Largest ever gathering

2014-07-01 Thread Carlos Monterrey
(This press release is also available online here:https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikipedia_Summit_%E2%80%9CWikimania%E2%80%9D_comes_to_London_-_Largest_ever_gathering https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Telenor_Wikipedia_Zero_extension_Myanmar) Wikipedia