[WikiEN-l] The principle of fair use

[Jimmy Wales]

Jens Frank wrote:
> But I can't understand why this
> http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image%3A843-870_Europe.jpg
> is fair use. The map has been created for an encyclopedia
> or an history textbook. If this is fair use, is there any
> picture we may not use?

The image is annotated as "Adapted from Muir's Historical Atlas
(1911)".  If true, then it is *not* "fair use" but "public domain",
which is a *lot better* for our purposes.

--Jimbo