Last modified: 2014-11-18 18:42:34 UTC
Test case: see URL. The image is released under CC0 by the photographer. The text "You need to attribute the author" shown by the MultimediaViewer is wrong. No attribution is legally needed. I suggest to show an alternative message in case of CC0/Public Domain files. Something like "No attribution needed. Cite suggestion:"
Pretty sure we had a bug about this already but I am unable to find it. [[commons:COM:MRD]]-style licenses have an licensetpl_attr_req field already, we just need to expose it in CommonsMetadata and use it in MediaViewer.
Ever since the MediaViewer was released, I've been inundated with people asking me about the attribution requirements for my photos. The entire reason I release all my photos as CC0 is because I don't want to be attributed and I don't want to spend all day answering emails from people who want to use my photos. I would suggest changing the wording to just "No attribution needed."
Let's get this fixed; as far as I can tell this is already information that exists at the level of the license metadata but is not currently returned by the metadata API (licensetpl_attr_req).
Thanks, Raymond. Good catch. :) For now, I created this card on our Mingle planning site, to track this request: * #1004 Don't require attribution for Public Domain or CC0 files https://wikimedia.mingle.thoughtworks.com/projects/multimedia/cards/1004 I’ve proposed copy for the attribution change, and Cc:d both Pau and Luis, so we’re all on the same page. Gilles and the multimedia engineering team will determine when to take on this request, but it’s on our radar now as part of our current development cycle. Much appreciated.
*** Bug 71611 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
