Re: [Wikimedia-l] Licencing question

2013-01-23 Thread Stevie Benton
Hello all, An issue this raises for me is this: If we're to include copyright information on blog posts regarding the use of CC licensed images, is this going to have to be applied to all Wikipedia articles illustrated with images too? Apologies if I've missed something here. Thanks, Stevie On

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Licencing question

2013-01-23 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 23 January 2013 10:10, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Hello all, An issue this raises for me is this: If we're to include copyright information on blog posts regarding the use of CC licensed images, is this going to have to be applied to all Wikipedia articles

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Licencing question

2013-01-23 Thread ???
On 23/01/2013 12:39, Richard Symonds wrote: My initial question was aimed to find out what sort of attribution we'd need to do on Wikimedia UK sites - eg, uk.wikimedia.org and blog.wikimedia.org. I'm not really *keen* on changing policy on Wikipedia. That's not my job! In that case just do

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Licencing question

2013-01-22 Thread David Gerard
On 22 January 2013 17:41, Philippe Beaudette phili...@wikimedia.org wrote: FYI, each and every edit on Commons has this text above the edit box: ...You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license. Yeah, but Commons pulls in stuff from other

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Licencing question

2013-01-22 Thread Lodewijk
And I'm also unsure all the upload wizards have the same text? 2013/1/22 David Gerard dger...@gmail.com On 22 January 2013 17:41, Philippe Beaudette phili...@wikimedia.org wrote: FYI, each and every edit on Commons has this text above the edit box: ...You agree that a hyperlink or URL is

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Licencing question

2013-01-22 Thread Thomas Morton
I've always considered this poor policy on the part of Wikipedia; a sort of intellectual grab that we do so well :( I've uploaded images before by great photographers, after working to obtain their permission, and make a point of crediting them when inserting the image into the article - partly

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Licencing question

2013-01-22 Thread Matthew Roth
On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 8:51 AM, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: All, I have a question for you which I am sure you will enjoy discussing. It's about licencing. Wikimedia sites do not use a 'byline' on their images - for example,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Licencing question

2013-01-22 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 22 January 2013 16:51, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: It appears that opinion is divided on whether a hyperlink is acceptable as attribution, therefore I'm asking the experts: - Does anyone have any input on this? - Has this discussion been had before, if so,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Licencing question

2013-01-22 Thread ???
On 22/01/2013 18:28, Thomas Dalton wrote: On 22 January 2013 16:51, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: It appears that opinion is divided on whether a hyperlink is acceptable as attribution, therefore I'm asking the experts: - Does anyone have any input on this? -

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Licencing question

2013-01-22 Thread HaeB
2013/1/22 ??? wiki-l...@phizz.demon.co.uk: On 22/01/2013 18:28, Thomas Dalton wrote: On 22 January 2013 16:51, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: It appears that opinion is divided on whether a hyperlink is acceptable as attribution, therefore I'm asking the experts:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Licencing question

2013-01-22 Thread Michael Jahn
Hi, great question, Richard! Seconding Matthew's comment on WMF blog policy: At Wikimedia Deutschland we adopted the bottom notes for posts with multiple images[1]. As a general rule, we include attribution in the bylines[2]. Adding yet another aspect to sufficient CC licensing, let's not forget