On 2/20/2010 11:32 AM, Florence Devouard wrote:
> On 2/20/10 10:46 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote:
>    
>> Ray Saintonge, 20/02/2010 03:03:
>>      
>>> That's stupid!!!!  When these logos were submitted these rules to
>>> appease small bureaucratic minds did not exist.  Anyone making a
>>> submission simply agreed that his submissions were under GFDL.
>>>        
>> This is explicit since 2005: http://meta.wikimedia.org/?oldid=125186
>> And, Meta is not Commons.
>>
>> Nemo
>>      
> yeah, and the logo contest was done before 2005, and at that time, if my
> memory is correct, there was a little text under the SAVE button that
> stated something such as "your modifications are under GFDL".
>
> So, in reality, any edit made at that time followed the rules of
> modifications of the website, and were gfdl. Unfortunately, later, the
> rules changed and the obligation is now to put a tag ON the description
> page. That does not mean that all the content put on meta before 2005
> suddenly became copyrighted because the rules changed.
>
> IF these images are considered copyrighted, then the entirety of meta
> content written between 2001 and 2005 is copyrighted and it is probably
> best to entirely delete it.
>
>
> To be honnest, I am tempted to be bold and to add a tag "GFDL" on all
> image description page. THAT WAS THE EDITING RULE at that time.
>
> Ant
>    
I would not object to anyone putting a GFDL tag on all of these images!

Cary

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