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Should we also include explanations on what kinds of licenses (free vs. non-free) we recommend to use? Smth like [http://trashwiki.org/en/Special:Upload we did on Trashwiki]? Or even better - maybe MrTweek or someone else can make a listbox (dropdown menu) of recommended licenses like in Wikimedia Commons (see also [http://trashwiki.org/en/User_talk:Guaka#Licensing this])? --[[User:Sigurdas|Sigurdas]] 13:57, 27 December 2008 (UTC) |
: Below, see my suggestion for directions' improvement. --[[User:Sigurdas|Sigurdas]] 07:29, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
::Yeah, basically a good idea. A dropdown-box would be great, but I've no idea how to do that. I'll do some research. I think the problem ist that most users don't know anything about licensing and don't even want to know that. So they don't mind. If they upload their own pictures, it's no problem to publish them under GFDL by default. If they "steal" pictures somewhere (which seems to be an usual approach), we have a problem. --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 09:51, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
::: Ok, I edited UploadText, and I guess we can have it for the time being, although in future would be great to have a dropdown box (no license chosen - no upload...). I also added info about GFDL by default - that's actually cool since there will be no need to put newly uploaded pictures without a license to a category "License missing" - it is a responsibility of a user to read upload's directions carefully, and if he/she uploads a copyrighted material which Hitchwiki licenses under GFDL, no one can blame the latter one.
::: I just don't know what to do with the pictures that are already uploaded to Hitchwiki without licenses. My suggestion: license them under the GFDL as this is now a license by default, and possibly send a msg to users who uploaded these pictures notifying that if they don't agree with that they can chose other licenses (including non-free licenses like CC BY-NC-ND and such (own copyright??)).
::: As one can see from the UploadText, we actually do not forbid non-free licenses (hm, what about own copyright? Hitchwiki now states "''do not upload '''any''' copyright protected material''"...) but both default and recommended licenses are [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#OtherLicenses free], and that's what a user is most likely to chose from. --[[User:Sigurdas|Sigurdas]] 09:08, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
To view or search previously uploaded files go to the [[Special:ImageList|list of uploaded files]], (re)uploads are also logged in the [[Special:Log/upload|upload log]], deletions in the [[Special:Log/delete|deletion log]].
'''Please do not upload any <font color='red'>copyright protected material.</font> This includes copies from <font color='red'>google maps</font>.''' You can use [http://www.openstreetmap.org/ OpenStreetMap] instead. We kindly ask you to provide all basic information about what is the license of a material you upload, and who is the author of the work in case if an attribution is required. If you provide no license at all, it will be published by default under the terms of ''[[Template:GFDL|GNU Free Documentation License]]''.
Please first choose your license:
* '''[[Template:cc-by-sa|Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License]]''' <small>copy this code (in bold) </small>---> '''<nowiki>{{cc-by-sa}}</nowiki>''' <--- <small>code to the "Summary" below </small>* '''[[Template:cc-by|Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License]]''' <small>copy this code (in bold) </small>---> '''<nowiki>{{cc-by}}</nowiki>''' <--- <small>code to the "Summary" below </small> * '''[[Template:GFDL|GNU Free Documentation License (attribution required)]]''' <small>copy this code (in bold) </small>---> '''<nowiki>{{GFDL}}</nowiki>''' <--- <small>code to the "Summary" below </small> * '''[[Template:copyleft|Copyleft, attribution required (Free Art license)]]''' <small>copy this code (in bold) </small>---> '''<nowiki>{{copyleft}}</nowiki>''' <--- <small>code to the "Summary" below </small> * '''[[Template:public-domain|All rights released (Public domain)]]''' <small>copy this code (in bold) </small>---> '''<nowiki>{{public-domain}}</nowiki>''' <--- <small>code to the "Summary" below </small>
Copy-paste one of the license template names (codes) to the "Summary" field below and state clearly who is the author of the work in case if an attribution is required; when done, click "Upload file".
