[Foundation-l] FoP

Sun Mar 13 21:16:22 UTC 2011

On 13 March 2011 20:02, Klaus Graf <klausgraf at googlemail.com> wrote:
> German Wikipedia is accepting Freedom of Panorama for all countries,
> and this is the right way to handle the problem.
>
> WMF board should decide not to oppose the results of a desirable
> Commons poll that all pictures of buildings (which are free in the US)
> should be accepted (if the majority whishes).

Why does the WMF board need to do anything? The community decides on
issues of content policy. The WMF's general counsel will intervene if
the community decides something illegal, but that's the only role the
WMF plays in the matter.