Haukur Þorgeirsson wrote:
That's why
I suggest moving all free-license
pictures over to Commons as soon as possible.
That wouldn't be a bad thing. But remember that it's not as simple as
'free' and 'non-free'. We have *a lot* of images which are in the public
domain in the United States but not elsewhere. Last time I mentioned the
Bridgeman images as an example. Here's another:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hundingsbane.jpg
This image is in the public domain in the United States but under present
law the copyright will hold in Europe until 2046.
Regards,
Haukur
Simple: Then it's not "free" as Commons understands the term and should
remain on en locally. I guess that using an image that is only PD in the
US is no better than using an image that is only covered by the US fair
use laws, at least when we're discussing potential international
reusers, which we are.
grm_wnr