User talk:Adewemimo Oloyede

— billinghurst  sDrewth  16:46, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

Question about Nigerian copyright
Gday. Question about the copyright status of Nigerian government work. Is there an exemption to the work of the Nigerian government that puts such work into the public domain? Or is covered by normal copyright law? Thanks. — billinghurst  sDrewth  16:46, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

Response to Question about Nigerian copyright
I cannot say for certain, the extent to which documents of the Nigerian government are covered by copyright law. My work deals strictly with the works of Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, whom I happen to work for. Anything outside that is beyond my competence to comment on. I will endeavor to confirm though to settle the matter definitively. — Adewemimo Oloyede 1:48, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
 * For Wikisource to be able to host works they need to be in the public domain. To be in the public domain, they either need to be through the expiry of copyright through years after the death of the author (doesn't apply here) or released by the author into the public domain (which hasn't applied yet).  If the author wishes for these works to be released to the public domain, then they need to express how they are releasing the work (for enWikisource see Help:Copyright tags) and then to email the release to mailto:permissions-en@wikimedia.org  — billinghurst  sDrewth  03:24, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

An example of a release is

To permissions-en-at-wikimedia.org

I hereby assert that I am the creator and/or sole owner of the exclusive copyright of Bukola Saraki's Inaugural Address, http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bukola_Saraki%27s_Inaugural_Address.

I agree to publish that work under the free license LICENSE [ choose at least one from http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Help:Copyright tags THIS DECLARATION IS NOT VALID UNLESS YOU FILL SOMETHING IN HERE ].

I acknowledge that I grant anyone the right to use the work in a commercial product, and to modify it according to their needs, as long as they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws.

I am aware that I always retain copyright of my work, and retain the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be attributed to me.

I am aware that the free license only concerns copyright, and I reserve the option to take action against anyone who uses this work in a libelous way, or in violation of personality rights, trademark restrictions, etc.

I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the work may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project.

DATE, NAME OF THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER

quick note
I have applied OTRS pending to your contribution, which will be replaced with a proper ticket once it has been received, and buys some breathing space.

Generally the convention would be to apply a new note to the base of a talk page, rather than to the top, and the easiest way to do that is to click the [+] tab at the top of the page. I am also watching this page, so you can continue this conversation here, and I will see it when I check my watchlist. — billinghurst  sDrewth  04:41, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
 * How is this progressing? — billinghurst  sDrewth  05:29, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
 * one more week, or without that we will need to delete the work as we don't have permission to host. — billinghurst  sDrewth  09:15, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
 * deleting work. If the permission is received, then we can recover the deleted work(s). — billinghurst  sDrewth  10:38, 6 November 2010 (UTC)