To try and help with categorizing images used specifically for documentation (and which are specifically for extensions) - and to help explain their importance to admins before they delete - I've created a couple of headers: - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:MediaWiki_extension_file - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:MediaWiki_documentation_file
Counterparts on MW.org: - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:Extension_file - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:Documentation_file I have not yet begun to tag files - but will be doing so in the coming weeks as I get around to reviewing extensions for compatibility and working through the unknown files, etc. I also tend to agree that we should be better about MW.org image licensing, which may mean deleting some images if they're clear copyright violations. I also think we'll need to start using the fair-use rationales more. We have a number of files that are technically screenshots of copyright protected websites or software (which I believe may apply with or without their logo appearing - but I'm by no means a copyright lawyer). Forbidding them altogether seems like a poor solution as they often provide very helpful visual aides and their usage is totally legal with a proper fair-use rationale statement. Also started an early draft of a proposed image policy for MW.org to help clarify all of this once there's consensus on the listserv. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Image_policy Feedback? -greg aka varnent On Jan 3, 2012, at 5:49 PM, K. Peachey wrote: > On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 12:26 AM, Antoine Musso <[email protected]> wrote: >> Just consider that those files have been created by their uploader >> and that they granted a license for use on mediawiki.org > > I'm pretty sure we can't assume anything with licensing, The uploader > must state the license they want it to be under. > >> Whatever you do, please do not migrate to commons, or we will surely >> loose materials in the process due to their licensing strictness. > > Their licensing shouldn't be any more strict than any other project, > If they are rejecting files for bad licensing, We probably should be > as well since we all should be using the same interruption by the > foundation. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
