On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 5:50 AM, Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:
> 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. > Please file the relevant tasks in phabricator to enable better tracking of issues compared to on the mailing list: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/edit/form/1/?tags=wikimediafoundation.org _______________________________________________ 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>
