Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open letter on open letters (Was: Open letter from Wikimedia Argentina regarding URAA)

Thanks for your reply :) On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 5:37 PM, geni wrote: > On 28 February 2014 21:49, Dennis Pierri wrote: > > > The servers are still in the US, has anybody proposed a global effort? > > Will Wikimedia move the servers to EU in case this is accepted? > > > > > No. There is quite

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open letter on open letters (Was: Open letter from Wikimedia Argentina regarding URAA)

On 28 February 2014 21:49, Dennis Pierri wrote: > The servers are still in the US, has anybody proposed a global effort? > Will Wikimedia move the servers to EU in case this is accepted? > No. There is quite a bit of stuff on Wikimedia severs that is in breach of criminal law in parts of the EU

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open letter on open letters (Was: Open letter from Wikimedia Argentina regarding URAA)

On 28 February 2014 06:41, Dennis Pierri wrote: > It would be nice if all of the chapters send to their governments a > petition to allow a global standardized use of media just for wikimedia > projects, it is a big problem that every country has different laws on > copyright and public domain me

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open letter on open letters (Was: Open letter from Wikimedia Argentina regarding URAA)

The servers are still in the US, has anybody proposed a global effort? Will Wikimedia move the servers to EU in case this is accepted? On 28/02/2014, at 03:19, "Federico Leva (Nemo)" wrote: > > This is being done at least for EU, see consultation for which there is time > till March 5. >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open letter on open letters (Was: Open letter from Wikimedia Argentina regarding URAA)

Dennis Pierri, 28/02/2014 07:41: It would be nice if all of the chapters send to their governments a petition to allow a global standardized use of media just for wikimedia projects, it is a big problem that every country has different laws on copyright and public domain media, and that wikime

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open letter on open letters (Was: Open letter from Wikimedia Argentina regarding URAA)

It would be nice if all of the chapters send to their governments a petition to allow a global standardized use of media just for wikimedia projects, it is a big problem that every country has different laws on copyright and public domain media, and that wikimedia has to comply with U.S law just

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open letter on open letters (Was: Open letter from Wikimedia Argentina regarding URAA)

Wikimedia Argentina is formed by a group of volunteers from the Wikimedia movement. That includes several long-time contributors to Commons that have discussed with us in the past months the situation about URAA. This open letter is not something written by a group of strangers or people that haven

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open letter on open letters (Was: Open letter from Wikimedia Argentina regarding URAA)

Look, I have no problem with the open letters from WM Venezuela, España or Israel. I might not agree 100% with everything in them, but they are generally on top of the issues, and they focus on the problems they law poses for us and our need for better solutions - all worth bringing to a wider audi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open letter on open letters (Was: Open letter from Wikimedia Argentina regarding URAA)

I really expect to not being, what in Brazil we call as "jogar lenha na fogueira" ("throw fuel on the fire" in a literal translation) but... The question here is something that the Board of Trustees known since 2007 [1], when it raised firstly by Wikisource volunteers: what to do with works still

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open letter on open letters (Was: Open letter from Wikimedia Argentina regarding URAA)

2014-02-26 23:39 GMT+05:30 Fæ : > On 26 February 2014 17:55, Yann Forget wrote: > ... > > On this, I agree (at least partially) with David. If only some Commons > > admins were not pursuing a political campaign to delete URAA-affected > files > > under false pretences, everything would be much be

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open letter on open letters (Was: Open letter from Wikimedia Argentina regarding URAA)

Fæ, 26/02/2014 17:46: For Chapters, I suggest you check who among your active volunteers are most active on Commons[2] and ask them to help engage or create discussion about policy and guideline changes. If you cannot find anyone close to your chapter that is active and engaged on Commons, perhap

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open letter on open letters (Was: Open letter from Wikimedia Argentina regarding URAA)

On 26 February 2014 17:55, Yann Forget wrote: ... > On this, I agree (at least partially) with David. If only some Commons > admins were not pursuing a political campaign to delete URAA-affected files > under false pretences, everything would be much better. If you have the evidence that individu

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open letter on open letters (Was: Open letter from Wikimedia Argentina regarding URAA)

Hi, 2014-02-26 22:56 GMT+05:30 Fæ : > On 26 February 2014 17:07, David Gerard wrote: > > On 26 February 2014 16:46, Fæ wrote: > > > >> If anyone wants to create meaningful and lasting change to Commons, > >> then please create a Request for Comment on Commons[1] rather than > >> making a fuss a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open letter on open letters (Was: Open letter from Wikimedia Argentina regarding URAA)

On 26 February 2014 17:07, David Gerard wrote: > On 26 February 2014 16:46, Fæ wrote: > >> If anyone wants to create meaningful and lasting change to Commons, >> then please create a Request for Comment on Commons[1] rather than >> making a fuss and criticising Commons (volunteer) administrators

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open letter on open letters (Was: Open letter from Wikimedia Argentina regarding URAA)

On 26 February 2014 16:46, Fæ wrote: > If anyone wants to create meaningful and lasting change to Commons, > then please create a Request for Comment on Commons[1] rather than > making a fuss and criticising Commons (volunteer) administrators in > non-Commons discussion channels, which most Commo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open letter on open letters (Was: Open letter from Wikimedia Argentina regarding URAA)

46 (GMT+02:00) To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open letter on open letters (Was: Open letter from Wikimedia Argentina regarding URAA) On 26 February 2014 13:51, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote: > Maybe it's a cultural issue, does e.g. > <https://en.wikipedia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open letter on open letters (Was: Open letter from Wikimedia Argentina regarding URAA)

On 26 February 2014 13:51, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote: > Maybe it's a cultural issue, does e.g. > have a geopolitically limited > point of view? Open letters are a common tool of *discussion* with the > public (= community in our case) in the corners of

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open letter on open letters (Was: Open letter from Wikimedia Argentina regarding URAA)

Maybe it's a cultural issue, does e.g. have a geopolitically limited point of view? Open letters are a common tool of *discussion* with the public (= community in our case) in the corners of the world that I know best. Nemo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open letter on open letters (Was: Open letter from Wikimedia Argentina regarding URAA)

2014-02-26 13:26 GMT+01:00 Pierre-Selim : > As a Wikimedia Commons volunteer I'm disappointed by the process followed > by some chapters, i.e. which have chosen to bypass the community and send a > letter directly to the board of trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation. > However, I must say I would h

[Wikimedia-l] Open letter on open letters (Was: Open letter from Wikimedia Argentina regarding URAA)

I'm sorry but I find it pretty inappropriate that a chapter published such strong words about volunteers of a Wikimedia Project *"certain legal fetishism whose reason gets lost in processes and misses the outcome".* I'm speaking on my behalf, however as a former board member of a Wikimedia Chapter