Following this discussion up, I've proposed an exemption doctrine policy for Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Exemption_doctrine_policy
On 29 May 2013 17:24, Nathan <[email protected]> wrote: > Crossed to Wikimedia-l, see Deryck's e-mail below. > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Deryck Chan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Dear Wikimania community, > > > > There are currently two discussions on Meta which will have a fundamental > > impact on the technical logistics of all future Wikimania bids. > > > > As many of you would know, working documents of Wikimania bids, such as > > letters of support and venue information, are conventionally uploaded to > > Meta locally because they don't come with a Commons-compatible free > licence. > > However, currently there's no explicit "exemption doctrine policy" on > Meta, > > so two discussions are ongoing, with the aim of deleting all > > Wikimania-related non-free files which have been uploaded in the past > > years[1], and to ban future uploads of non-free media to Meta including > > Wikimedia events' working documents[2]. > > > > [1] > > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meta:Requests_for_deletion#All_files_in_Category:Unfree_Wikimania_bid_media_files > > [2] > > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meta:Babel#Restrict_or_abolish_local_file_uploading_to_Meta-Wiki > > > > Since this would mean future Wikimania bids may not include copies of > > third-party working documents on Meta, these proposals will change the > > logistics of Wikimania bids completely. I therefore urge all of you to > > scrutinise the proposed changes and comment as appropriate. > > > > Deryck > > WM2013 local team > > > > PS. To those of you who also run chapters: the proposed changes will mean > > that chapter financial statements may not be uploaded to / will be > deleted > > from WMF-hosted wikis since they're have an implicit no-derivative > > requirement. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimania-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >
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