Re: [Wikimedia-l] Copyfraud by the British Museum

2017-08-01 Thread Jean-Philippe Béland
Exact replica should not be copyrighted in my opinion since they are not a "creation of the mind". That being said, the changes made by the one doing the replica can be copyrighted. In this case of the museum, I think the person(s) doing the restoration did a "creation of the mind" since they rebu

[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] Fwd: US court declares GPL is a contract

2017-08-01 Thread Pine W
Forwarding for those interested in intellectual property law. I'm nowhere near being an expert on this subject, but this case seems interesting for those of us who work with materials which are licensed under the GPL. Pine Original message From: "Federico Leva (Nemo)" Date: 8/1

[Wikimedia-l] Trace of Soul (WLM+WLE) in Republic of Srpska

2017-08-01 Thread WМ RepublikaSrpska
Hello everyone! I am pleased, in front of the Wikimedia Community of the Republic of Srpska, to inform you that our community received its first annual APG grant this year and we are very excited about it! :) We have already started with the initial activities - the Trace of Soul 2017 project. It

[Wikimedia-l] Sharing sad news about Bassel

2017-08-01 Thread Katherine Maher
Dear all, I am very deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of our fellow community member Bassel Khartabil, also known to some as Bassel Safadi. Bassel was detained on March 15, 2012 amid arrests on the one-year anniversary of the Syrian uprising. He had been missing since October 2015,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Sharing sad news about Bassel

2017-08-01 Thread David Gerard
On 2 August 2017 at 00:00, Katherine Maher wrote: > at his article [2], and at https://freebassel.org. This is giving an SSL error ... - d. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Sharing sad news about Bassel

2017-08-01 Thread Katherine Maher
My apologies. The correct address is: http://freebassel.org/ On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 7:19 PM, David Gerard wrote: > On 2 August 2017 at 00:00, Katherine Maher wrote: > > > at his article [2], and at https://freebassel.org. > > > This is giving an SSL error ... > > > - d. > >

[Wikimedia-l] August 1: Strategy update - Preparing for Wikimania, the strategic direction, and New voices insights (#22)

2017-08-01 Thread Katherine Maher
Hi all — Wikimania is coming, but before we get to Montreal, we are publishing many more insights, reports, guides, and research from our work during cycle 3. There's lots of good stuff and interesting insights (did you know Spain is consistently one of the countries with the highest awareness ab