User talk:Appsoft4

Nomination of OpenOrienteering Mapper for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article OpenOrienteering Mapper is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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March 2018
You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you remove an Articles for deletion notice or a comment from an AfD discussion, as you did at XTrackCAD. CHRISSY MAD ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  14:32, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Additionally do not close AfD's without reason and especially if you are the creator of the article. CHRISSY MAD  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  14:32, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Acually the closing was mine because it was erroneously categorized as a template so I thought it was a discussion for TfD. Sorry &#91;Username Needed&#93; 10:20, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
 * it was also them. See here. CHRISSY MAD  ❯❯❯  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  14:35, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

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Andrii Pilshchykov
Albert Einstein: 30 pictures. The Beatles: 26, and that's including counting the first photo as four and others as two. Pilshchykov: 47! Ridiculous overkill. Clarityfiend (talk) 13:42, 9 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Every photo linked add a direct context to the personality article written about.
 * > Ridiculous overkill.
 * Comparing the Beatles to the prominent Ukrainian fighter pilot fallen during war is unacceptable. Appsoft4 (talk) 15:02, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
 * The Beatles are far better known than one fighter pilot virtually unknown outside of Ukraine. If you do not desist from your hero worshipping, measures will be taken to ban you from editing this article. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:52, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello Appsoft4! Your additions to Skencil have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.


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 * Hello, Diannaa!
 * "Your additions to Skencil have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably free and compatible copyright license."
 * All the content of the Skencil site, I've used to contribute in the article, is licensed under GNU LGPL, see:
 * https://wald.intevation.org/scm/viewvc.php/skencil/website/trunk/COPYING?view=markup
 * https://wald.intevation.org/scm/viewvc.php/skencil/website/trunk/pages/LGPL?view=markup
 * Please, revert your edits and back all my contributions to the article, you have removed. Appsoft4 (talk) 02:59, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Sorry but the GNU LGPL is not a compatible license. Sorry, — Diannaa (talk) 12:53, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
 * "Sorry but the GNU LGPL is not a compatible license"


 * There is no such statement claimed anywhere.
 * Even on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:COMPLIC there is only noted that GPL-only (without "or later" clause) are not compatible with Wikipedia, but there are no any restrictions on include LGPL (with "or later" clause) into CC-BY-SA (not vice versa), so its not claimed as incompatible.
 * Also, I've asked Creative Commons team (via their contact form) on the compatibility of including LGPL into CC-BY-SA:
 * "Hi, I have the next question on license compatibility: Could GNU LGPL (Library GPL) v2 or later be included into CC-BY-SA 4.0 International? As I know, and according to Creative Commons site, GNU GPL could not be included into CC-BY-SA, only CC-BY-SA could be included into GNU GPL, not vice versa. But there is no info on how to combine content under GNU LGPL (Library GPL) v2 or later with content under CC-BY-SA 4.0. As I see, GNU LGPL could be included into CC-BY-SA 4.0 as well, as in even closed source licensed product. Would be grateful for your answer."

- (me)


 * Here is an answer I've got from Creative Commons team via email on 6 November 2023:
 * "Creative Commons is a very small team so we can't always provide the level of support that may be requested and we don't provide legal advice, sorry. The license compatibility you are asking about has not been evaluated. You can propose it here: https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/ShareAlike_compatibility_process_and_criteria Hope this helps!"

- Connor


 * So, I not see any violation there, even more LGPL never claimed as incompatible with CC-BY-SA. Appsoft4 (talk) 10:45, 8 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I meant to say that the GNU LGPL alone is not a compatible license. The content must also be released under a compatible CC-by license. — Diannaa (talk) 11:23, 8 November 2023 (UTC)
 * But there is no such info anywhere non on Wikipedia, non on Creative Commons.
 * There should be clear statement on legal status of LGPL text in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:COMPLIC, because LGPL and GPL are way different, and LGPL allows to be linked into any other source without re-licensing the source, even inside CC-BY-SA. Appsoft4 (talk) 13:39, 8 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Look at the content in the chart labelled "License Compatibility with Wikipedia" where it says "Compatible: GFDL and CC BY or CC BY-SA (not including CC-BY-SA 1.0)"; not compatible: "any GNU-only license (including GFDL)" — Diannaa (talk) 16:50, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

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