Pictures on Webonary.org

[Verna Stutzman]

FYI: I sent this email to all Webonary account holders:

Dictionary & Lexicography Services is delighted that you have chosen to publish your lexical data on Webonary.org. However, we have some concerns.

Recently, Webonary and SIL International have run into a problem concerning images that were added to entries in FLEx and then uploaded to Webonary. A dictionary compiler chose to use a picture obtained from the Internet without permission from the owner of the image. This resulted in a legal action against SIL for copyright infringement and SIL was required to pay a financial settlement.

In response to this unfortunate event, SIL has enhanced the picture object in FLEx to allow for additional information about embedded pictures—copyright, credits, and licensure details. In the future, SIL may be obligated to exclude pictures without these details from upload to Webonary.

Download the latest version of FLEx to take advantage of this new feature, https://software.sil.org/fieldworks/download/fw-91/fw-9122/. 

Above is an image of the new Picture Properties dialog box in FLEx, with the Credit, Copyright, and License dialog box opened to show where copyright and license details can be specified. Three pieces of information are essential: Copyright Year, Copyright Holder, and License details. Please add these details to each picture that you wish to have published on Webonary.

Click on each of the links below to see sample pictures on Webonary with the copyright and licensure details included.

https://www.webonary.org/test-stutzman5/g1202a6b3-1c14-4113-88cb-825ea6ec7faf/

https://www.webonary.org/test-stutzman5/browse/browse-vernacular/?key=fr&letter=l

https://www.webonary.org/test-stutzman5/browse/browse-vernacular/?key=fr&letter=m

https://www.webonary.org/test-stutzman5/browse/browse-vernacular/?key=fr&letter=n

For more information, contact DLS at webo...@sil.org.

Thank you.

Blessings,

Verna Stutzman, DLS Coordinator

SIL International