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User:Erik MÃ¶ller/Assimilation

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There are SourceForge and Savannah for free software; Wikimedia for free knowledge - but no repository exclusively dedicated to free art.

1 Content 2 Exclusion 3 On "adult content" 4 Funding 5 Tech requirements 6 Import sources

[edit] Content

music, including tracker music, classical compositions etc. sound files (samples) drawings, paintings of any kind web comics (fully remixable!) artistic photography (i.e. no general photo archive - there's Commons for functional photography & Flickr for random pictures of your cat) stories (including fan fiction? note fair use issues here) videos - could include documentaries for now since there is no better space; should exclude random YouTube style home videos game projects (i.e. new game ideas) 3D artwork/models borderline functional/artistic: fonts, clip art ..

[edit] Exclusion

criterion of freedom - all works must be free works (including source data etc.) criterion of effort - is it a work worth preserving? (ratings will help here) criterion of function - does the work have artistic merit, or is it a work of knowledge?

[edit] On "adult content"

Follow the law where the server is hosted and basic ethics (incitement to hate, exploitation of minors, ..). Respect privacy rights - require appropriate permission. Resist censorship attempts. Judge erotica on its artistic merits, not on moral grounds.

[edit] Funding

2-3 decent servers should be enough for the first few months. May be a good idea to disable video, but Theora might limit bogus uploads.

[edit] Tech requirements

MediaWiki

better discussion support - complete LiquidThreads file rating support better metadata (no starting requirement) media players

importers (see below) automatic conversion of all uploaded files to free formats (e.g. Theora) generate & package dumps for BitTorrent distribution

[edit] Import sources

For each of these, one could program specialized bots that authenticate as user X with password Y (to prove copyright & build community), then retrieve all the files from the user's profile:

http://www.deviantart.com/ http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/ - may be switching to a reasonable license soon http://www.comicgenesis.com/ - how many artists could be convinced to use a free license? http://openclipart.org/ - yay for PD http://www.openfontlibrary.org/ http://www.jamendo.com/ http://www.modarchive.com/

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