On 3 August 2018 at 22:12, Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:
> On 2 August 2018 at 02:51, Gregory Varnum <gvar...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> You can check it out for yourself here (you may need to clear your browser's >> cache): https://wikimediafoundation.org/ > > The home page currently says: > > " Everything on a Wikimedia site is available as Creative Commons > material. " > > That is not true. Material includes: > > * PD content (copyright expires; US government, etc) > * Fair-use copyright material. > > In the latter case, suggesting otherwise could be harmful to our users. The text I cited has now been changed to "All text on Wikimedia sites is available as Creative Commons material". This does not resolve the issue I raised above; as my first bullet point applies not only to media files, but also to numerous texts on Wikimedia sites; not least a large part of Wikisource. > Furthermore, the "Sesame Street" image used on the site's home page > and the linked article, is labelled on Commons: "This work might not > be available under a free license in the United States because it is > based on an artwork or sculpture that may be protected by copyright > under U.S. law." This image is still on the pages I mentioned. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l 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>