Template talk:PD-CERN-CMS
Hey... I don't know that using PD-because as a base for this template was such a great idea. These images should be put into their own category. And obviously you don't need the "check that this reason is valid" warning on every image. Might want to rework it a bit, and list it on COM:CT if it isn't already... pfctdayelise (translate?) 23:52, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks, nice work! pfctdayelise (translate?) 20:37, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
Questioned[edit]
Please see CT:L#Template:PD-CERN-CMS still valid?. Thanks. Wknight94 talk 13:31, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
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News about CERN copyright status and policy as of 12 February 2022[edit]
As I personally found very interesting computer pics on CERN webpage, I came to the tag discussion here (and the deprecated tag) overleaf; then I asked about the status for CERN copyright status on the Commons copyright help page some days ago. As no one answered, I inquired myself and reported the quite negative results there, see Commons:Village_pump/Copyright#There_was_an_issue_long_ago_with_a_change_in_copyright_practices_at_CERN_-_status?. As it is much more important here, I copied my conclusion from there to this site here:
- I played Sherlock Holmes and came to a highly unsatisfactory conclusion:
- 1) Most images available on the CERN website in general - no matter where exactly and from whom exactly - are still under the quite old proprietary CERN licence which is clearly not compatible with Commons, as it - for example - excludes commercial use and a number of other uses required to be allowed here. The licence conditions can be viewed here.
- 2) There was a press announcement in October 2013 indicating that CERN would soon change to a Creative Commons license, namely CC-BY-SA. I thought "Wow", which however quickly changed to "GGGGrrrrr...", as this press release seems to have been a singular event in time and space. Nothing seems to have followed, I did not find any other mentionings of "Creative Commons" etc. If one searches for images on their site in general, below each of them there is mostly a link "Copyright CERN" and/or a link to the proprietary licence webpage. Maybe I overlooked a section with CC images, can not be many though.
- Executive Summary: CERN images not usable on Commons, one single try to generally(!) switch to CC in 2013 seems to have been a dead horse. --> Conclusion: Somebody with at least any/some kind of standing or official function in Wikimedia (hence not me, doesn't "Administrator" sound quite impressive to a non-Wikimedia-knowledgeable? (lol)) might try to contact them and remind them of the press release... Maybe, the guy in charge just changed to another organization and the announced change from 2013 became forgotten. A pity, as they have tons of really interesting pics and videos. Pittigrilli (talk) 12:56, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
Hence, it might make sense to contact them/their press office/whomsoever. Pittigrilli (talk) 11:04, 12 February 2022 (UTC)