Commons talk:Non-copyright restrictions

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Imported&merged history from en:

After complaints about GFDL violation by User:ViperSnake151, I imported the revision history from en: and merged it. I hope everyone is happy now. --Mormegil (talk) 09:07, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

For the record: All revisions until 18. 6. 2008, 21:05 (UTC) have been imported from Wikipedia, all revisions since 18. 6. 2008, 23:15 (UTC) have been created here normally. --Mormegil (talk) 09:11, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Romanien Language Lavinia1995 (talk) 04:13, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Patent Rights

I have seen documents removed even though they are public domain because of patent infringements — Preceding unsigned comment added by Slinkyw (talk • contribs) 01:42, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

Do you have any examples? Normally the content published here would have no patent restrictions (I have a hard time imaging how it could have), but the format of the file may have. That is one reason for restricting file formats. Sometimes a format can have several subformats, some of which have patent restrictions. I think that would be the case for any files removed from here due to patents. Often you could instead just convert the infringing part to another format and reupload. –LPfi (talk) 10:41, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Trade Secrets

Dont forget even PD documents can be removed due to trade secrets like recipies — Preceding unsigned comment added by Slinkyw (talk • contribs) 01:43, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

I don't think secret documents are in the public domain. Doesn't "public domain" refer to published documents or non-published documents you legally have a copy of? But yes, copyright is on the form of expression, such as wording, while the facts aren't covered by copyright but may be secret. I am not sure this is relevant for this page: if you have duty of confidentiality, you shouldn't come to Commons for advice. –LPfi (talk) 10:45, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Add confederate symbol to the non-copyright restrictions list

We need to add Template:Confederatesymbol to the list because it is offensive to the African American community.

We have a lot of media that offends people. This page is about legal restrictions. –LPfi (talk) 10:46, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

"Reusers who are in other jurisdictions"

Reusers who are in other jurisdictions, or who are using material in a considerably different manner than Wikimedia's projects, may find themselves in a less favorable position,

I feel like something is missing here. Other than what? Other than the country of origin? Or does it mean some jurisdictions are more favorable to reusers? If so, which? whym (talk) 09:39, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

How to avoid trademark traps during Wikimedia events

Usually during a computer presentation (like during an hackaton) a single organizer may share a single laptop, and all presentations will use that, so, if it uses Microsoft Windows or macOS or similar proprietary things that have a big amount of trademarked logos, these logos usually land in the recordings, and these recordings usually require extra post-production for "trademark cleanup".

In short, I don't know if this link should be somehow mentioned somewhere, from a Wikimedia Commons' project page, to proactively avoid this kind of situations:

m:Wikimedians_for_software_freedom#Talks_and_Showcases_proprietary_environments

(Don't take this page too seriously, it's just a request for comments)

Thanks for any opinion about how to encourage people in avoiding trademark traps, also during events bozz (talk) 14:22, 10 May 2024 (UTC)