German Gov't Donates 100,000 Images To Wikipedia

Raul654 writes "The German Federal Archive has agreed to donate 100,000 images to Wikipedia under the German version of the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike License. These pictures cover a period from 1860 to present. This is the largest picture donation ever to Wikipedia, and possibly the largest in the history of the free culture movement." Apparently, this is part of a project which will eventually make 11 million photos available for public use.

Comments

Re:I'm Confused Why We Don't See This En Masse

[Ethanol-fueled]

Can anyone think of a good reason why we shouldn't extend the Freedom of Information Act a little further...

Two words: National Security.

Re:I'm Confused Why We Don't See This En Masse

[value_added]

The world would be better of if we all had more of [insert your favourite item here], but I don't think anyone really enjoys or wants more socialism.

Except maybe the socialists.

Do you really want this country to be come a nation of cheese eaters?

Hmm...

[Devil's BSD]

Oddly enough, there were no images from 1939 to 1945 in the archive.

Brian Griffin: Uh, I'm not seeing anything about German history between 1939 and 1945. There's just a big gap.
Tour guide: Everyone vas on vacation! On your left is Munich's first city hall, erected in 15--
Brian Griffin: Wait, what are you talking about? Germany invaded Poland in 1939 and--
Tour Guide: WE WERE INVITED! PUNCH WAS SERVED! CHECK WITH POLAND!
Brian Griffin: You can't just ignore those years. Thomas Mann fled to America because of Nazism's stranglehold on Germany.
Tour guide: Nope, nope. He left to manage a Dairy Queen.
Brian Griffin: A Dairy Queen? That's preposterous.
Tour guide: I WILL HEAR NO MORE INSINUATIONS ABOUT THE GERMAN PEOPLE!!!! NOTHING BAD HAPPENED!!!!!! SIE WERDEN SICH HINSETZEN!!! SIE WERDEN RUHIC SEIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!