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matthew.flaschen at gatech

Aug 20, 2008, 4:51 PM


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PD-art and official "position of the WMF"
Supporters of broad use of PD-art outside of the U.S. have seized on a
statement by Erik Möller that, "To put it plainly, WMF's position has
always been that faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain
works of art are public domain, and that claims to the contrary
represent an assault on the very concept of a public domain." and called
it the "position of the WMF"
(http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:When_to_use_the_PD-Art_tag#The_position_of_the_WMF)
and "The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation"
(http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-art).

In my opinion, this is mistaken on many levels. Regardless of his
intentions, Erik Möller does not have the authority to speak for the
WMF. If the board does /intend/ to make this statement, a binding
resolution would be a much better means.

This choice of interpretation involves deliberately ignoring the current
legal climate in certain countries outside the U.S., and I believe that
is a significant departure at Commons.

I am asking the board to step in and provide clarity on this issue in
particular, and the ways they will and will not communicate their views
on important issues in general.

Matt Flaschen


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PD-art and official "position of the WMF" matthew.flaschen at gatech Aug 20, 2008, 4:51 PM
    Re: PD-art and official "position of the WMF" cimonavaro at gmail Aug 20, 2008, 5:33 PM
    Re: PD-art and official "position of the WMF" thomas.dalton at gmail Aug 20, 2008, 5:33 PM
    Re: PD-art and official "position of the WMF" rarohde at gmail Aug 20, 2008, 6:54 PM
    Re: PD-art and official "position of the WMF" dgoodmanny at gmail Aug 20, 2008, 10:37 PM
    Re: PD-art and official "position of the WMF" mboverloadlister at gmail Aug 20, 2008, 10:49 PM
    Re: PD-art and official "position of the WMF" geo.plrd at yahoo Aug 20, 2008, 11:08 PM
        Re: PD-art and official "position of the WMF" smolensk at eunet Aug 22, 2008, 10:20 AM
            Re: PD-art and official "position of the WMF" bryan.tongminh at gmail Aug 22, 2008, 10:58 AM
            Re: PD-art and official "position of the WMF" geniice at gmail Aug 22, 2008, 11:44 AM
    Re: PD-art and official "position of the WMF" matthew.flaschen at gatech Aug 21, 2008, 5:01 AM
        Re: PD-art and official "position of the WMF" h.schlottmann at gmx Aug 21, 2008, 11:01 AM
            Re: PD-art and official "position of the WMF" matthew.flaschen at gatech Aug 21, 2008, 1:22 PM
                Re: PD-art and official "position of the WMF" h.schlottmann at gmx Aug 21, 2008, 2:36 PM
                    Re: PD-art and official "position of the WMF" zvandijk at googlemail Aug 21, 2008, 2:45 PM
                    Re: PD-art and official "position of the WMF" chiesa.marco at gmail Aug 22, 2008, 1:00 AM
                    Re: PD-art and official "position of the WMF" matthew.flaschen at gatech Aug 23, 2008, 12:53 PM
    Re: PD-art and official "position of the WMF" tacodeposit at gmail Aug 21, 2008, 6:51 AM
    Re: PD-art and official "position of the WMF" szilagyi at gmail Aug 21, 2008, 8:59 AM
    Re: PD-art and official "position of the WMF" lugusto at gmail Aug 21, 2008, 9:36 AM
    Re: PD-art and official "position of the WMF" thomas.dalton at gmail Aug 21, 2008, 10:43 AM
    Re: PD-art and official "position of the WMF" matthew.flaschen at gatech Aug 21, 2008, 1:21 PM
    Re: PD-art and official "position of the WMF" matthew.flaschen at gatech Aug 21, 2008, 1:25 PM
    Re: PD-art and official "position of the WMF" effeietsanders at gmail Aug 22, 2008, 6:54 AM
    Re: PD-art and official "position of the WMF" wknight8111 at gmail Aug 22, 2008, 7:00 AM
    Re: PD-art and official "position of the WMF" lars at aronsson Aug 22, 2008, 7:40 AM
    Re: PD-art and official "position of the WMF" smolensk at eunet Aug 22, 2008, 10:41 PM
    Re: PD-art and official "position of the WMF" Anthere9 at yahoo Aug 23, 2008, 5:55 AM
    Re: PD-art and official "position of the WMF" h.schlottmann at gmx Aug 23, 2008, 6:06 AM
        Re: PD-art and official "position of the WMF" chiesa.marco at gmail Aug 25, 2008, 1:04 AM
    Re: PD-art and official "position of the WMF" midom.lists at gmail Aug 23, 2008, 7:56 AM
        Re: PD-art and official "position of the WMF" matthew.flaschen at gatech Aug 23, 2008, 1:00 PM
            Re: PD-art and official "position of the WMF" birgitte_sb at yahoo Aug 23, 2008, 1:45 PM
        Re: PD-art and official "position of the WMF" Anthere9 at yahoo Aug 23, 2008, 5:53 PM

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