Thank you for bringing this up, Yann. Some relevant context is that Meta Wiki users considered permitting such files on Meta Wiki a year and a half ago, and decided not to. The electorate was not very big (14 votes, total), but it was carefully considered, with compelling arguments made on both sides.[1]
In my opinion, the best outcome would be that Meta Wiki should have an Exemption Doctrine Policy (the board's name for a project's local policy that would permit copyrighted files under specific circumstances)[2] I think the Meta Wiki decision should be revisited and considered in more depth, with more participation, and probably reversed (with some careful work on defining the proper circumstances for an exemption). But of course, that's not an easy task. I have no ready answer, but am interested to see what ideas others have. -Pete [[User:Peteforsyth]] [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Meta:Babel&diff=prev&oldid=13362698#General_discussion_on_allowing_or_rejecting_fair_use_at_Meta [2] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Licensing_policy On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 3:04 PM, Yann Forget <yan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to get more opinions about what to do with files such as > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Education_and_WGIG.pdf > > This is a draft from a United Nations conference which mentions Wikipedia > (the first and only AFAIK), and as such, an important historical document. > > It doesn't have a formal license, but there is no real copyright issue. > > Where and how should we keep such files? > > Regards, > > Yann Forget > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
