geni wrote:
Obviously it requires common sense, and some thought
about the context
and content of the image, but it's a
legitimate decision to make,
especially in contexts such as this (where we *know* the uploader was
a community member, we *know* they knew and understood our copyright
situation...)
Except they made a posertive choice in favour of CC-BY-ND
http://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image:Norbert3.jpg&diff=23960…
He did make that choice three months after uploading the image. It is a
matter of speculation whether he would have changed the licence if he
had been approached. The presumption should be that someone uploads
under GFDL, and that presumption should hold in the absence of evidence
to the contrary. In the case of a self-portrait it would be especially
difficult to find contrary evidence. The fact that the picture was
originally GFDL would not be changed by the addition of the CC-BY-ND
licence.
The actions of the rule obsessed in seeking to enforce their POVs
retroactively upon the dead is disturbing. This person has been dead
less than two years, so it's conceivable that his heirs are there, and
steps can be taken to annoy them with petty requirements. However, the
copyright on this would stiill have another 68 years to go, and we would
do well to seek strategies that would make such images free before
things get too far beyond the copyright owner's death.
Ec