The idea that NC is "open and free" is growing like a cancer in Brazil and Portugal. I've been noticing that for some time already, and I do believe we as a Movement should have some sort of plan or strategy to fight that - and never indulge in accepting NC as a valid license for the Wikimedia projects, as IMO it really hinders our mission of a free and open project.
Paulo Yury Bulka <[email protected]> escreveu no dia segunda, 20/05/2019 à(s) 07:28: > > From: Mister Thrapostibongles <[email protected]> > > > > I'm not quite sure what you mean here. Firstly, this isn't the right > venue > > for a discussion of the general principle of non-commercial licensing, > > especially as the Foundation has decided on the use of licences that > permit > > commercial reuse. > In my opition it's not a terribly offtopic subject for this list, but > let my clarify that my intent is not to revisit the current licensing > policy of Wikimedia projects. > > I just thought that this could be useful to someone advocating for the > use of fully libre licenses (the ones without any non-commercial > clauses) outside Wikimedia projects, as it shows how the non-commercial > clause could be interpreted by some actors that have resources and > rights to go to court over your use of the work. > > > And secondly, there's nothing to prevent a rights owner > > from granting a full/libre licence if they want to for the works they > own: > > so why would one need to advocate for it, here or anywhere else? > Because many people think that non-commercial is good enough, for > instance MPs establishing laws touching Freedom of Panorama. > > Best, > Yury. > > _______________________________________________ > 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: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ 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: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
