Nice. :-) Was this spontaneous on their part, or was there behind-the-scenes discussions here?
Thanks, Mike On 29 Mar 2012, at 18:33, Chris Keating wrote: > Oh, don't worry, we do! And we're not alone - many of the digital staff > working in various institutions are very open to this, as are some funders of > them (e.g. Europeana) > > > Of course the best possible sell is showing what could be done with material > once it was released... :) > > On Thursday, March 29, 2012, HJ Mitchell <hjmitch...@ymail.com> wrote: > > I think we should make a real effort to explain the pros and cons of the > > various CC licenses and what they actually mean for copyright holders and > > re-users. I think many choices of licenses like NC are born out of a lack > > of understanding, and people might be more receptive to CC-By-SA if they > > understood it better. > > I could be wrong, but that's my general impression. > > Harry > > ________________________________ > > From: Chris Keating <chriskeatingw...@gmail.com> > > To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Sent: Thursday, 29 March 2012, 17:49 > > Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Livetweeting the Battle of Arras (1917) > > > > Just a note for the World War I buffs amongst you - there's quite an > > interesting plan by Oxford University to crowdsource a livetweet of the > > Battle of Arras. More info here: http://ww1centenary.oucs.ox.ac.uk/?p=253 > > I'm planning to take part and other Wikimedians would be very welcome. > > You might notice that the organisers have taken a licensing approach of > > putting the eventual resource they are creating from this initiative under > > CC-BY-NC, but nevertheless encouraging participants to digitise their own > > materials and put them on Commons. So that's 50% right ;-) > > Chris > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia UK mailing list > > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
