Re: [Foundation-l] Copyrighted maps and Derived works

2010-04-02 Thread geni
On 3 April 2010 01:06, Samuel Klein wrote: > ... and as of last summer they claimed the money they spend to > validate the 'freeness' of those images is similar to what they would > normally pay a stock company, but decreasing over time. Lying. They still have no idea who I am yet I know they use

Re: [Foundation-l] Ideas from Limburg

2010-04-02 Thread phoebe ayers
ha! UTC-time ftw. Your message shows up as arriving on Wed 31 for me, thus I gave you a serious answer! :) And your handbook really is great :) - Phoebe On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 1:45 PM, Ziko van Dijk wrote: > Dear Phoebe, > > You make my day! Actually, it should have been yesterday, but I am > a

Re: [Foundation-l] Copyrighted maps and Derived works

2010-04-02 Thread Samuel Klein
On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 7:36 AM, geni wrote: > On 2 April 2010 08:15, Samuel Klein wrote: >> Someone on the OSM threads commented that they make an effort to be >> 'whiter than white' when it comes to observing all possible legal >> nuances.  And it occurs to me that OSM at its heart is much more

Re: [Foundation-l] Ideas from Limburg

2010-04-02 Thread Ziko van Dijk
Dear Phoebe, You make my day! Actually, it should have been yesterday, but I am afraid most people did not notice my Aprils fool item. Once I thought translating my Handbook into English, but other things gained priority. Especially my textbook I am due to have finished on July 1st, and about whi

Re: [Foundation-l] Ideas from Limburg

2010-04-02 Thread phoebe ayers
Ziko, On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Ziko van Dijk wrote: > When he told me about, I looked up again what I had written about > (small) Wikipedia language editions in my handbook (in German): > http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Ziko/Handbuch-Titel . I then, in > 2008, found li.WP relatively

Re: [Foundation-l] Copyrighted maps and Derived works

2010-04-02 Thread geni
On 2 April 2010 08:15, Samuel Klein wrote: > Someone on the OSM threads commented that they make an effort to be > 'whiter than white' when it comes to observing all possible legal > nuances.  And it occurs to me that OSM at its heart is much more > deeply concerned with reuse and guaranteeing zer

Re: [Foundation-l] Copyrighted maps and Derived works from copyrighted sources.

2010-04-02 Thread Ray Saintonge
Kwan Ting Chan wrote: > jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote: >> What if we start to write articles about street and include all the >> buildings and boring parts of the streets in the WP or some >> subproject, where would it stop? What would protect a database of >> streets against such a swarm of

Re: [Foundation-l] 2010 Fundraising Survey

2010-04-02 Thread Samuel Klein
It's great to see this back underway. What was the three-day online focus group like? I would be particularly interested in data such as First awareness - when did donors first hear about wikipedia / first use the project? - when did they find out that it was run by a non-profit? - when did they

Re: [Foundation-l] Copyrighted maps and Derived works

2010-04-02 Thread Samuel Klein
On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 2:21 AM, Nikola Smolenski wrote: > Дана Thursday 01 April 2010 20:30:10 Aude написа: >> There are differences in how data (incl.    map data) is treated under >> US law and how UK/European law treat data and data collections/databases >> >> Wikipedia is operates under US cop