Amazing news! On Wed, 16 Sep 2020, 13:41 Lucy Crompton-Reid, < lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
> Dear all > > The National Lottery Heritage Fund has today announced a significant policy > change > <https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/stories/advice-understanding-our-licence-requirement>, > with a new requirement for grant recipients to release the digital outputs > of funded projects under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. This includes images, > research, educational materials, project reports, software, web and app > content, databases, 3D models, sound and video recordings. > > I know that a number of people on and off this list have been involved in > advocating to NLHF (previously HLF) for this change over a period of years. > I was very pleased to have been part of the licensing review advisory group > that helped to shape the new policy, which has been steered and nurtured to > fruition by Josie Fraser - Head of Digital Policy at NLHF and of course the > former > Chair of Trustees at Wikimedia UK. > > All best > Lucy > > > -- > Lucy Crompton-Reid > Chief Executive > Wikimedia UK > +44 (0) 203 372 0762 > > *Wikimedia UK* is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open > knowledge movement, and a registered charity. We rely on donations from > individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you > considered supporting Wikimedia? https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk > Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered > No. 6741827 > Registered Charity No.1144513 > Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London > SE1 0NZ > > The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate > Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Wikimedia UK is an independent > non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility > for its contents. > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >
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