Hi Andy,

I agree that it would be good to make it easier for Flickr photographers
to relicense their images for use on our projects. I can raise this through
our collaboration with the Flickr Foundation.

Best,
Fiona

On Wed, 6 Mar 2024 at 16:21, Andy Mabbett <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have come across two cases in recent weeks, where Flickr users have
> hundreds of potentially useful images that they are willing to change
> to an open licence, so that we can use them on Commons, and in
> Wikipedia and sibling projects.
>
> In each case, those users are not Flickr "Pro" (paid account)
> subscribers, and the feature to bulk change image licences is only
> available to Pro subscribers. Changing on an image-by-image basis is
> clearly untenable.
>
> While it is possible for a Wikimedia volunteer to buy as a gift a
> week-long pro subscription for a few US$, we should not have to, and I
> wonder if it would benefit the movement for the Foundation to ask
> Flickr to make the feature available for non-Pro users, who wish to
> make their images freely reusable? Do WMF have a suitable contact at
> Flickr?
>
> Who at WMF should I talk with about this?
>
> --
> Andy Mabbett
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> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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