[pd-discuss] Contact between Wikimedia Foundation and Wellcome Trust regarding image collections?

Sun Jan 16 17:24:17 UTC 2011

On Sun, 16 Jan 2011, Rob Myers wrote:

> On 01/15/2011 10:27 PM, Michael S. Hart wrote:
> >
> > I just think that materials released for "all but commercial
> > applications" should be included in any public domain online
> > site. . .with the appropriate identification as such. . . .
> >
> > No reason to leave them out.
>
> Other than that they are not public domain.
>
> > I should add that thousands of Project Gutenberg files would
> > have to be eliminated under such a policy as I thought was a
> > suggestion earlier. . .as they are copyrighted.
>
> If they are copyrighted they are not in the public domain and it would be
> misleading to claim that they are.
>
> Project Gutenberg makes no such claim so I don't understand what the
> problem might be.
>
> - Rob.

Please see my other reply just given.

It covers similar questions.

But I still don't understand why you, Rob, want to limit collections.

Please let us know.

Thank you,

Michael

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