[Commons-l] Direct copy to commons

Thu May 4 13:27:34 UTC 2006

Brianna Laugher wrote:
> Uh... if it just says "these images have been tagged GFDL/PD/whatever,
> do you want to transfer them to the Commons?" I would have to say no.
> Transferring images is a good opportunity to re-examine the licenses
> and sources provided for many images on local projects, which are
> often quite suspect! Transferrers should be quite stringent in
> requiring a source (that if online, is actually *checked*) and a
> license justification - for non "(PD/GFDL/whatever)-self" items. For
> self created items, some common sense is needed... low res items
> should generally be treated with a great deal of suspicion.

I agree very strongly with Brianna on this.  Commons should be extremely
hardcore about sourcing and license checking... this is a great point in
the overall workflow to do a rigorous second check on anything being
brought from individual projects.

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