Editing Appropedia:Porting

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There is a huge amount of material that we have permission to use on Appropedia. (See [[#Finding other open content information]], below.) Can you help us bring it onto the wiki and make this a part of our growing, living library of knowledge for a better world?

Porting material to Appropedia has the benefit that more people can have access to it, and the material can also be combined with other information in this wiki{{W|wiki}}, and continually improved.

This page is for:

* content owners who are looking for some help in getting their content ported to Appropedia.
* those who wish to help in porting material here.

== Helpers ==

The sources below, listed under [[#Permission granted: Requests for porting help]], need porting. Before starting, please see [[Help:How to port pages]] for further instructions. Note that these pages are in development - please edit and improve them, when you find something lacking, and contact a [[porting helper]] if you have questions.

Also it would be wise to check what porting is already in progress before you start... again, ask a helper.

== Copyright Owners: How to license us to reuse your content ==

Appropedia is interested in any content which could be useful to people trying to use technology in ways which empower humans to manage and take control of the technology. This includes technical designs, photographs, guides, operating instructions, case studies, illustrations.

If you or your organisation own the copyright to material which you think could be useful to our site then here are some suggestions as to how you can contribute your content.

=== If it is already on the internet ===

If the materials are already available on the internet then check

* Is the website where they are available for download clearly controlled by you (the copyright owner)?
* Are the materials clearly labelled as being usable under the '''Creative Commons - Attribution''' [[CC-BY]] or the '''Creative Commons - Attribution - Share Alike''' [CC-BY-SA]] licenses? (Please note that content licensed under the '''Creative Commons - NonCommercial''' [[CC-NC]] license is not acceptable on Appropedia. See the [[CC-NC]] page for details.

If the answer to the questions above is yes then that tells us that we have permission from the copyright owner to use the content and to make it available for everyone to reuse under the [[CC-BY-SA]] license used for all of Appropedia's content and you can go to the next stage.

=== If the content is not on the internet ===

or you answered no to either of the questions above then we need to find another way to document that we have permission from you - the copyright owner.

For personal photographs or videos consider creating an account on a photo or video sharing site in your own name. Many of these sites have an option of marking content with Creative content licenses. Otherwise contact us with details and we will see what we can do.

== Next step ==

Once we have confirmation that content is available under a compatible license you can proceed to [[Help:How to port pages]].

Alternatively you can add a link to the content to one of the sections below or see the [[:Category:Porting helpers|list of volunteers willing to help port your content]]

== Permission granted: Requests for porting help ==

=== Finding public domain information ===

[[Public domain]] content can also be used. There are no restrictions on [[public domain]] content. We don't legally have to show [[Appropedia:attribution|attribution]]. If a page says that the content is public domain as long as it is attributed then they are confused. It is however good practice and Appropedia policy to attribute the content in order to identify where we got the content from. That way when the content is republished under copyright we can show our version is derived from the original, public domain, version and not from the new copyright version.

* "USA Web Alert" - from the US embassy in Canberra ([http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&q=site%3Acanberra.usembassy.gov%20%22USA%20Web%20Alert%22 search hits]). These Web Alerts include links to US federal government resources, and some of the topics are relevant to Appropedia.
* [[Appropedia's Public Domain Search]] (it just needs more work to make it give better results usable). The results are ''usually'' public domain, but please check the permissions of the particular page or site before using. (If it's ambiguous see [[US federal government websites and public domain]] for some guidance.) But you can also look up the US federal departments for whatever subject you're trying to find info on.

=== Finding other open content information ===

[[CC-BY]] and [[CC-BY-SA]] works can be ported to Appropedia, with attribution, now that the Appropedia Foundation has decided to [[Appropedia:CC-BY-SA|change the license to CC-BY-SA]]. Ways of finding works under these [[open licenses]] include:

* Search engines: <s>Google's advanced search, specifying content "free to use, share or modify, even commercially": Click "Date, usage rights, numeric range, and more" and next to "Usage rights:" select "free to use, share or modify, even commercially".</s> (Google's search seems broken, as it often returns [[NC]] pages.) Try Yahoo via the interface at http://search.creativecommons.org/
* The Creative Commons [[CC:Content Directories|Content Directories]] - see the [[CC:Text#Featured Text sites|Text page]] for a full list; Note especially the [[CC:Books#Nonfiction|nonfiction books]]. Image & video also available. Likely candidates for porting: [[CC:Wireless Networking in the Developing World]]. (When one is ported, note it here.)
* The [http://www.ckan.net/ Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network (CKAN)] ([http://web.archive.org/web/20100707145233/http://www.okfn.org:80/ckan about]).
* See also [[Wikipedia:Project:Public domain resources#Encyclopedic or general resources]] & ff (includes distance learning material) and maybe [[Wikipedia:Public domain]] (and other wikis?) for more leads.
* [[Blogs relevant to Appropedia]] - click to sort by license, and only port public domain, CC-BY or CC-BY-SA content.
* [http://makewealthhistory.org/ Make Wealth History] - might be some relevant posts. Readable, issues-oriented.

We'll get more sophisticated over time as we look for diversity of input, and search more widely. One list/categorization of free content (and there's a lot) is being developed at [[#Governments and intergovernmental organizations]], below.

Good relevant open content to port, on sites which give clear permission (add link to permission page):

* [http://www.usaid.gov USAID][http://web.archive.org/web/20120515232955/http://www.usaid.gov/faqs.html] - e.g. [[Drip Irrigation Turns Gravel into Green]]
** [http://web.archive.org/web/20120523201959/http://www.usaid.gov/stories/index.html USAID Telling Our Story] - light, readable stories about development.
* [http://www.usda.gov U. S. Department of Agriculture][http://web.archive.org/web/20100412095329/http://www.usda.gov:80/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?navtype=FT&navid=POLICY_LINK]
** [http://www.nrcs.usda.gov Natural Resources Conservation Service - NRCS] is particularly relevant
* [http://www.doe.gov U.S. Department of Energy][http://www.doe.gov/webpolicies.htm] - statement only states a summary of government policy, and doesn't promise that copyrighted material is noted as such, but it does appear to treat public domain as the norm for content on the site. (After all, we're asked to respect copyrighted materials, but this is a useless request unless the material is so marked.)
** [http://www.eere.energy.gov/ U.S. DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)][http://www1.eere.energy.gov/webpolicies/]
*** [http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/database/index.cfm High Performance Buildings Database] [http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/database/queryhelp.cfm]
* [http://www1.eere.energy.gov/education/science_projects.html EERE Energy Education: Energy Science Projects and Activities]. Note http://www1.eere.energy.gov/webpolicies/ - PD unless there's a copyright notice on the page
* [http://members.efn.org/~itech/ Appropriate Technology for Small and Subsistence Farms] - "Public Domain--a gift to humanity." Old URL no long worked. New UC Davis cite appears inaccessible. This URL is recently updated, but uses PDFs
* [http://www.plos.org Public Library of Science] - issues including public health. CC-BY. Mostly research, or based on recent research - the limitations and possibility of error should be made clear (template notice?)

Good relevant content, on sites which should be open content (e.g. US federal government sites) but where the statement is not clear. These should be researched, and the sites contacted if necessary:

* [http://www.epa.gov US EPA], e.g. [http://web.archive.org/web/20150901134822/http://www.epa.gov:80/agriculture/ag101/index.html Ag 101]
* [http://www.nrel.gov/security.html National Renewable Energy Laboratory]

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==== MediaWiki pages (or similar) ====

Of course the easiest of all is content in MediaWiki markup, or maybe other wiki markup that only requires a little tweaking. Attribution applies, as always - use {{Tl|attrib wiki}}.

* Wikinews e.g. [http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ACategoryTree&target=environment&mode=categories&dotree=Show+tree Environment]... maybe some of "Disasters and accidents". Browse the [http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Special:CategoryTree&target=News_articles_by_section&mode=0&hideprefix=20&showcount=1&namespaces= category tree].
* [[Greenlivingpedia:]]
* [http://opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Overview Openfarmtech.org] (<s>'''Notice''': Don't port these pages yet - we're looking at using transclusion. Should be sorted by 11 Feb. --[[User:Chriswaterguy|Chriswaterguy]] &middot; <small>[[User talk:Chriswaterguy|talk]]</small> 21:54, 4 February 2008 (PST))</s> Transclusion didn't go ahead. We'll import some via [[Special:import]] - leave suggestions on [[User talk:Chriswaterguy]]. comment from Openfarmtech: please port the content from the Overview page and any linked pages. We are dual license: public domain and open license.
** [http://opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=CEB_Press Compressed Earth Block press] work is most developed

==== Single Pages ====

;[http://www.instructables.com/id/Cardboard-solar-cooker-with-the-mechanical-mathema/?ALLSTEPS Mechanical Mathematician for Paraboloids]
:Offered by [[User:Gaiatechnician|Brian White]] -- Ported to [[Mechanical mathematician for paraboloids]] (is that the correct title?) [[User:Oorxax|Oorxax]] 03:37, 13 March 2009 (UTC) (page needs some editing and formatting)

=== PDF docs ===

See [[Porting PDF files to wiki]] for advice on how to do this.

;[http://www.demotech.org/d-design/d-alldesign.php Demotech]
:Many amazing, low cost, local materials based, how tos
:Invitation from [[User:Demotech|Reinder van Tijen]] of [[:Category:Demotech|Demotech]]
:If you port a page from Demotech, please include the following near the top of the page:
::<tt>{{Tl|Attrib Demotech}}</tt>
:To see what Appropedia pages have been ported from Demotech (using the Attrib Demotech template above) see the articles in [[:Category:Demotech|Demotech]].
;[http://www.cd3wd.com/CD3WD/ CD3WD] - '''wait for license clarification'''
:1 gigabyte offline library of Appropriate Technolog for the third world
:Invitation from Alex Weir Harare founder of [[CD3WD]]
:If you port information from CD3WD, please include the following near the top of the page:
::<tt>{{Tl|CD3WDpage}}</tt>
;Experiments in Sustainable Urban Living
:A remarkable site documenting numerous real world applications of [[sustainable technology]] in an urban environment by the Erssons. Ole Ersson has given permission for us to port any and all content from their site.
:If you port a page from the Ersson's site, please include the following near the top of the page:
::<tt>{{Tl|Attrib Ersson}}</tt>

;[http://practicalaction.org/?id=technical_briefs Practical Action Technical Briefs]
:[[Practical Action]] offers over 150 briefs, in PDF form, on "how to" do various things from generating power to food preparation.
:Appropedia has received permission to republish all the content that Practical Action has copyrights for. Most of the technical briefs fall into that category, though '''some photographs are from other sources that would require separate permission that has not yet been received'''. We've done many, many still to do. Can we identify and exclude the non-free images?
:Note: make a list of the pages ported by Howtopedia. Do them last. (We may be able to use theirs - just as they can use our converted PA pages, since it's the same content, from the same source under the same understanding.
:(Note: when secondary source permissions have been received, please make specific notes here.)
:Since there are so many documents to port, please see [[Practical Action/Pages to port|this page]] where we will be tracking the pages ported.

;PDF port requests: see the pages linked at to [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Pdf port request]].

=== Open access pages ===

See [[Open access]]. While open licensed content is preferred, open access is still good, especially when it covers content that we don't have under an open license.

Suitable sources include:

* [[CD3WD]]
* [[FAO]]

The following are probably suitable, but need to be checked:

* World Bank - [http://web.archive.org/web/20040307075110/http://publications.worldbank.org:80/helpfaq by permission]:
** [http://www.schoolsanitation.org/ Toolkit on Hygiene, Sanitation & Water].
** [http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/sourcebook/sbhome.htm The World Bank Participation Sourcebook] - & anything else that Deepa Narayan has contributed to should be worth a look.
** Development Gateways might have useful content - e.g. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/, and the individual national gateways.
* UN agencies. UNICEF, World Food Program?
** FAO - free, but only non-commercial.[http://www.fao.org/copyright_en.htm]
* Village Earth content - what has been granted? What about [http://web.archive.org/web/20090406025520/http://villageearth.org:80/atnetwork/atsourcebook/index.htm The Appropriate Technology Sourcebook]? --[[User:Chriswaterguy|Chriswaterguy]] &middot; <small>[[User talk:Chriswaterguy|talk]]</small> 23:59, 22 April 2007 (PDT)
* Much of the content from [[#Governments and intergovernmental organizations]] would be open access, and sometimes open licensed.
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20090429110436/http://www.sodis.ch:80/Text2002/T-EducationMaterials.htm SODIS: Solar Water Disinfection Education Materials] - Need to ask for special permission re GFDL, as normally they exclude commercial use, which can't be guaranteed under GFDL. "Permission is granted for reproduction of this material in whole or part, for education, scientific or development related purposes except those involving commercial sale, provided that full citation of the source is given and written request is submitted to the holder of the copyright."
* [http://www.fao.org/ Food and Agriculture Organization] - on a publication page (e.g. [http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/a0586e/a0586e00.htm Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme]) there is a note about contacting re permission.
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20080919071126/http://www.sheltercentre.org:80/shelterlibrary/ shelter library]
* Bill Mollison's [[permaculture]] teaching material. In PDF e.g. [http://www.scribd.com/doc/5030/bill-mollison-permaculture-design-course here]. Available in other forms?

=== Images under suitable licenses ===

''Note: based on [[Commons:Licensing#Acceptable licenses]] and noting that our license situation is similar to Wikimedia's, '''we cannot we use images on non-commercial licenses, and cannot use no-derivs licenses'''. (Also stated at [[Wikipedia:Special:Upload]] and [[Wikipedia:Project:Image copyright tags]].''

General:

* [[Commons:|Commons]]
* Flickr: Use the [http://flickr.com/search/advanced/ Flickr advanced search, scroll to the bottom, and select all 3 boxes next to CC (Creative Commons) (this specifies a license that allows commercial use and derivatives).
* [[Wikipedia:Project:Free image resources]] lists quite a few more.

Images sources specifically related to Appropedia's areas of interest:

* Images of water and sanitation available from the [http://wedc.lboro.ac.uk/img_library/index.php WEDC Image Library] - from photographs and computer graphics to technical drawings and artists' illustrations related to various aspects of [[sustainable development]], especially water and sanitation. Includes search facility. Images will not be used for commercial ends, by re-sale or otherwise Images will be credited with the correct acknowledgement (supplied when you download the image).
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20171018010238/https://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp Public Health Image Library (PHIL)] on the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It seems that the content is public domain unless stated otherwise - the wording leaves a little ambiguity[http://www.cdc.gov/Other/link.html][http://web.archive.org/web/20100515161255/http://www.cdc.gov:80/od/oc/media/questions.htm] but I'm inclined to go with that interpretation. (It's a US govt site, and any content created by a US govt employee is automatically PD - if there's content which isn't PD, they really should have it clearly marked as such, as describe on a page about course materials - "Almost all the graphics and animations contained in this course are in the public domain unless otherwise specified."[http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/webcourses/corecurr/TB_Course/Main_Source/help.htm]).

Aside from suggesting that we contributors take photos and upload them, we can also ask for permission to use:

* images from [http://www.flickr.com Flickr]. Note that [http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ some], such as AIDG's, are under a CC license... but we have to be sure they're not non-commercial versions. Lobby them to change?
** [http://www.flickr.com/photos/aidg/sets/ AIDG's photos] (CC, but check in case some are different).
** [http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=ewb&w=32277910%40N00 Susie from EWB-Australia] - Chriswaterguy to contact and suggest different license, and ask if she uses other tags/phrases (be
** Images with an [http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/appropriatetechnology/ ''appropriatetechnology'' tag] - check licenses.
** Search for other specific tags like biogas, biodigester.
* [[Commons:|Wikimedia commons]] - these can be transcluded directly into Wikimedia projects. Is there any chance this can be done with non-Wikimedia projects? (Presumably not, but worth checking.)

=== Old Books with relevant information ===

The duration of copyright protection is dependent on a number of factors, including the nature of the work, the time when it was made and whether it has been published. The duration of protection for copyright works that have been published (or otherwise made available to the public) generally lasts for 70 years after the death of the creator. There are some exceptions to this general rule.[http://web.archive.org/web/20111210080408/http://www.ag.gov.au:80/www/agd/agd.nsf/Page/Copyright_Howlongdoescopyrightlast]

Copyright subsists indefinitely in a literary, dramatic or musical work that has not been published, performed in public, broadcast or sold as a recording during the life of the author. If the work is posthumously made public in any of those ways, the copyright will terminate at the end of 70 years after that event.[http://web.archive.org/web/20111210080408/http://www.ag.gov.au:80/www/agd/agd.nsf/Page/Copyright_Howlongdoescopyrightlast]

Many people view this as absurd - see for example [http://questioncopyright.org/ Question Copyright]

That said - if you have old [[AT]] books you can digitize them.

* See [http://web.archive.org/web/20201217111632/http://bkrpr.org/doku.php The Book Liberator]

=== Questions ===

* Any way of mass uploading images in MediaWiki?
* Do we require a free license, or is permission specifically for us sufficient? (Requiring a free license could prevent potential problems down the track, since the photos are published within GFDL pages?)

== Suggestions for content to request ==

Let's focus on documents in HTML and Word format first, as they're much quicker (at the same time work on [[Porting PDF files to wiki]] to develop a an efficient way of porting all those excellent PDFs).

* [http://www.tn.gov.in/dtp This Indian local government site] - in Tamil Nadu. some good pages. Other Indian govt sites?

=== PDF documents that we would like ===

* [http://web.archive.org/web/20160313114403/http://aidg.net/index.php?itemid=34&option=com_remository AIDG Technology Network :: File Repository] (PDF), and [http://web.archive.org/web/20120629050602/http://www.aidg.org:80/technologies.htm AIDG - Appropriate Technologies] (HTML). Agreed in principle. What's the status - license is the hurdle? If insurmountable (or until resolved) can we make a copyright notice for these pages?
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20060111093023/http://community.eldis.org:80/eldisondisc/ Eldis OnDisc] - note that they refer to "months spent in pursuit of copyright permission" so we'd have to check whether the material is copyright and used with permission (meaning we can't copy it) or released under copyleft{{W|copyleft}}.
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20061123171319/http://www.nabuur.com/userinfo.php?uid=5266 Ken from Nabuur] - can give suggestions on other DVD or CD based resources to request.
* Humanure Handbook, I'll look into it--[[User:Vacuum1313|Vacuum1313]] 13:04, 30 November 2006 (PST)
* Centre for Appropriate Technology (Australia){{W|Centre for Appropriate Technology (Australia)}} - I'll contact them. I met someone from here, in late 2005, who said they had a lot of info that at that stage was not on their website. --[[User:Chriswaterguy|Chriswaterguy]] &middot; <small>[[User talk:Chriswaterguy|talk]]</small> 21:34, 2 May 2007 (PDT)
* Kamal Kar's material on [[CLTS]]. (PDF) - I'll contact. --[[User:Chriswaterguy|Chriswaterguy]] &middot; <small>[[User talk:Chriswaterguy|talk]]</small> 21:34, 2 May 2007 (PDT)
* Climate change reports & studies, especially those focusing on necessary measures, targets, solutions, and especially those focused on peer-reviewed science:
** Stern report{{W|Stern report}}
** IPCC report{{W|IPCC report}} ([[Wikipedia:Talk:Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change|Q about license#copyrights (and format) of IPCC reports?]])

==== Non-commercial Creative Commens material ====

These can be ported when either we get permission for them to be released under our license, or (more likely) we start using a separate NC namespace for such material, or a template similar to {{Tl|open access}}. Is there a substantial amount of material to outweigh the likely confusion that will result? (Probably not, IMO. For non-open-licensed content, we're better off sticking to a single type, i.e. open access content, which is available in far greater amounts. --[[User:Chriswaterguy|Chriswaterguy]] 06:39, 23 March 2009 (UTC))

== Governments and intergovernmental organizations ==

* Priority: identify which governments release their documents under public domain by default.
* Some of this content is already PD - help us find which is. (should [[google:public-domain+government]] as a start...)
* Government documents?
** US federal govt documents are usually public domain. Check the individual site. If uncertain, see [[US federal government websites and public domain]] and also contact the site or department. Examples of public domain content from the US federal govt:
*** [http://web.archive.org/web/20100414185627/http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome United States Department of Agriculture - Home] - (see ''Digital Rights and Copyright'' on [http://web.archive.org/web/20100412095329/http://www.usda.gov:80/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?navtype=FT&navid=POLICY_LINK permission info]). Good pages/subsites include:
**** [http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/ Natural Resources Conservation Service]
** Other govts?

Any not PD/open content... to be highlighted and lobbied as part of the [[OSN]]'s program, or just Appropedia's?

== How to port ==

* [[Help:How to port pages]]
* [[Appropedia:Porting formatted content to MediaWiki]]
* [[Help:Porting PDF files to MediaWiki]]
* [[Help:Porting PDF files to MediaWiki (old method, manual formatting)]]

== See also ==

* [[Appropedia: Determining copyright status]]

== Notes ==

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[[Category:Porting]]
[[Category:Appropedia guidelines]]