Hi, just a correction. This license is not free. Please, see
http://freedomdefined.org/Definition http://opendefinition.org/ I hope this was a step for in the near future this government contribute to the commons. Best, Tom On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Itzik Edri <[email protected]> wrote: > cross-posting > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Tomer Ashur <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 1:27 PM > Subject: [Internal-l] Israeli Government to Release its images under a free > license for public use > To: "Local Chapters, board and officers coordination (closed subscription)" > <[email protected]> > > > Hi all, > I am very proud to announce that Wikimedia Israel just won one of its main > struggles. The Israeli government has announced[1] that all imaged in which > the state is the copyrights holder and that were uploaded to the > government's websites can be freely used with the following restrictions: > 1. The image will be attributed to the state of Israel (or the relevant > office) > 2. The user cannot change the license (Share-alike) > 3. No derivative work. > 4. Each office will create a policy about commercial use (i.e., commercial > use is allowed, unless otherwise specified). > > Wikimedia Israel has pushed for this change since 2010, when MK Meir > Sheetrit proposed an amendment for the Israeli copyright act. The chapter > pushed for the acceptance of this amendment by the Knesset (the Israeli > parliament). During this time, we were able to make a complete shift in the > paradigms employed by the government and government officials. From being > strong opposers to the bill, they become adopters of the changes, thus > making the bill itself, redundant. > > Now, a new struggle begins - Wikimedia Israel will work to remove the ND > clause from the decision, and will make sure that all government offices > publish their policy as required. Nonetheless, this is still a huge > achievement, the government has accepted the importance of free culture in > modern world. > > On a personal note, as the leader of this project, I wish to send my many > thanks to all of those who made this miracle happen. A special thanks is > due to the great people of the Israeli Internet society, the (just as > great) people of Creative commons Israel, Adv. Jonathan Klinger, Mathias > Schindler, the awsome volunteers of Wikimedia Israel and the editors of > Hebrew Wikipedia. If there's anyone I forgot by name - my apologies, I'm > still terribly excited of these news. > > If you have any questions, feel free to ask them here or send me a private > email, > Tomer Ashur > Chairman > Wikimedia Israel > > [1] http://www.pmo.gov.il/Secretary/GovDecisions/2012/Pages/des5268.aspx > > _______________________________________________ > Internal-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/internal-l > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom) "A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing." _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
