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reply "Alexander Malahov" <anm programmer.net> writes:
Hello everyone,

I want to add D logo to its wikipedia's article, but it requires 
license [1].

Also, russian D wiki page relys havily on the articles from the 
dpl.org (for what I've checked, 95% of the content is just 
translation). So, it would be nice, if content of the whole site 
would have some permissive license.

I'm not sure how this works, but I think you have following 
options:
1. send "Declaration of consent for all enquiries" to wikimedia 
[2]
2. add comment to the <image> in the html source
3. add comment in the beginnig of all pages' html, just under 
copyright

Licenses recommended for images: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:File_copyright_tags#For_image_creators

List of all free licenses:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:File_copyright_tags/Free_licenses

Recommended is Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution-ShareAlike [3], 
it's used for wikipedia's articles.

In case you'll choose CC, but not sure which one suits best, here 
is handy helper:
http://creativecommons.org/choose/


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[1] I think it would be ok to use it under "fair use" 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Fair_use), but that will 
preclude uploading of the logo to Wikimedia Commons, hence will 
require separate upload for every language (en, ru, fr, ...)

[2] 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Declaration_of_consent_for_all_enquiries

[3] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Dec 20 2011
next sibling parent reply Alexander Malakhov <anm programmer.net> writes:
Hmm... If that's of no interest, could someone state it explicitly.
So that I'll be sure my message wasn't just overlooked or lost
Dec 29 2011
parent reply Walter Bright <newshound2 digitalmars.com> writes:
On 12/29/2011 9:13 PM, Alexander Malakhov wrote:

 Hmm... If that's of no interest, could someone state it explicitly.
 So that I'll be sure my message wasn't just overlooked or lost



I certainly don't mind using the D logo on the Wikipedia, I'm just not sure
what 
to do about it.
Dec 30 2011
parent reply Walter Bright <newshound2 digitalmars.com> writes:
On 1/10/2012 5:35 AM, Alexander Malakhov wrote:

 On Tuesday, 10 January 2012 at 09:05:48 UTC, Alexander Malakhov wrote:

 On Friday, 30 December 2011 at 18:02:57 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:

 On 12/29/2011 9:13 PM, Alexander Malakhov wrote:

 Hmm... If that's of no interest, could someone state it explicitly.
 So that I'll be sure my message wasn't just overlooked or lost



 I certainly don't mind using the D logo on the Wikipedia, I'm just not sure
 what to do about it.



 Feel free to tell me [1] when you'll decide on license, and I'll take care of
 upload request and editing entry.

 [1] anm at programmer dot net



 Just to clarify - Wikimedia Commons won't accept image for upload without
 appropriate license.



Just pick one and do a pull request for it.
Jan 10 2012
parent Walter Bright <newshound2 digitalmars.com> writes:
On 1/11/2012 5:22 PM, Alexander Malakhov wrote:

 On Tuesday, 10 January 2012 at 18:56:07 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:

 Just pick one and do a pull request for it.



 Should it be for
 * all content (I think, it will be useful - e.g. for citations), * or the logo
 only for now ?

 And b.t.w., there is no license on the code of the site.




Just the logo for now.

The D library code is all Boost licensed.
Jan 11 2012
prev sibling next sibling parent Trass3r <un known.com> writes:
 Hmm... If that's of no interest, could someone state it explicitly.
 So that I'll be sure my message wasn't just overlooked or lost



In my case it's "can't help with that".
Can't imagine anyone would mind having the logo in wikipedia though.
Dec 30 2011
prev sibling next sibling parent "Alexander Malakhov" <anm programmer.net> writes:
On Friday, 30 December 2011 at 18:02:57 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:

 On 12/29/2011 9:13 PM, Alexander Malakhov wrote:

 Hmm... If that's of no interest, could someone state it 
 explicitly.
 So that I'll be sure my message wasn't just overlooked or lost



 I certainly don't mind using the D logo on the Wikipedia, I'm 
 just not sure what to do about it.



Feel free to tell me [1] when you'll decide on license, and I'll 
take care of upload request and editing entry.

[1] anm at programmer dot net
Jan 10 2012
prev sibling next sibling parent "Alexander Malakhov" <anm programmer.net> writes:
On Tuesday, 10 January 2012 at 09:05:48 UTC, Alexander Malakhov 
wrote:

 On Friday, 30 December 2011 at 18:02:57 UTC, Walter Bright 
 wrote:

 On 12/29/2011 9:13 PM, Alexander Malakhov wrote:

 Hmm... If that's of no interest, could someone state it 
 explicitly.
 So that I'll be sure my message wasn't just overlooked or lost



 I certainly don't mind using the D logo on the Wikipedia, I'm 
 just not sure what to do about it.



 Feel free to tell me [1] when you'll decide on license, and 
 I'll take care of upload request and editing entry.

 [1] anm at programmer dot net



Just to clarify - Wikimedia Commons won't accept image for upload 
without appropriate license.
Jan 10 2012
prev sibling next sibling parent "Alexander Malakhov" <anm programmer.net> writes:
On Tuesday, 10 January 2012 at 18:56:07 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:

 Just pick one and do a pull request for it.



Should it be for
* all content (I think, it will be useful - e.g. for citations), 
* or the logo only for now ?

And b.t.w., there is no license on the code of the site.
Jan 11 2012
prev sibling parent "Alexander Malakhov" <anm programmer.net> writes:
On Thursday, 12 January 2012 at 04:18:19 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:

 On 1/11/2012 5:22 PM, Alexander Malakhov wrote:

 Should it be for
 * all content (I think, it will be useful - e.g. for 
 citations), * or the logo
 only for now ?

 And b.t.w., there is no license on the code of the site.



 Just the logo for now.



Ok. I plan to do this within 1 week.


 The D library code is all Boost licensed.



I meant javascript in the sources of dlang.org. Not saying this 
is important, but just in case.
Jan 12 2012