On 12/6/06, Steve Bennett <stevagewp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 12/6/06, Thomas Dalton
<thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Wikipedia wants the option to use the
encyclopaedia for commercial
purposes at some point in the future (for example, selling a printed
version, perhaps). By refusing images with non-commercial licenses, we
leave our options open.
Why do we have fair use images then?
If we were being entirely logically consistent, we wouldn't. I have
agitated for changing the criterion to something along the lines of
"the image must be directly discussed by the article where the article
cannot be complete without discussion of the image", which would
thereby rule out most images with the exception of those truly
notable, such as
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tianasquare.jpg
This would move us further towards our goal of being a *free-libre*
encylopedia. Being an encyclopedia is of little use without being
free.
--
Sam