Either advocacy or partnerships. Would be nice to see that license deprecated or at least no longer supported by Creative Commons.
James On Mon, May 20, 2019 at 10:36 PM Paulo Santos Perneta < [email protected]> wrote: > Where would it fit in Strategy 2030? Advocacy? > > Paulo > > James Heilman <[email protected]> escreveu no dia segunda, 20/05/2019 à(s) > 05:41: > > > We all agree NC licenses are poor. The WMF position was a reflection of > the > > community's position at the time and this likely remains the community's > > position today. > > > > If we as a movement however were to decide we want to allow NC video such > > that we can use Khan academy and Ted talks I doubt the WMF would veto it. > > We do count as non commercial. It would however decrease the incentive > for > > these groups to drop NC but they are unlikely to regardless. > > > > Not sure if the strategy process is considering this specific question. > > > > On Mon, May 20, 2019, 09:41 Mister Thrapostibongles < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > James > > > > > > > Per "the Foundation has decided", it is not the foundation but our > > > movement > > > > that has decided that we will mostly only allow licenses that allow > > > > commercial reuse. > > > > > > > > > > That doesn't seem quite right. The Foundation Board adopted a > resolution > > > on 23 March 2007, which is published at > > > https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Licensing_policy and > > > cross-referred to on Wikipedia as still current, headed > > > > > > > This policy is approved by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees > > > > <https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees>. > > > > It may not be circumvented, eroded, or ignored by Wikimedia > Foundation > > > > officers or staff nor local policies of any Wikimedia project > > > > <https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Our_projects>. > > > > > > > > > and statng > > > > > > - All projects are expected to host only content which is under a > Free > > > Content License, or which is otherwise free as recognized by the > > > 'Definition of Free Cultural Works' as referenced above. > > > > > > So it seems to me that it is the Foundation not the movement that > > controls > > > the licensing. > > > > > > Thrapostibongles > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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> > _______________________________________________ > 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> -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian _______________________________________________ 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>
