[Wikipedia-l] Re: Wikipedia photo squad?

[Krzysztof P. Jasiutowicz]

On 30-10-2002, Daniel Mayer wrote thusly :
> On Wednesday 30 October 2002 10:35 am, wikipedia-l-request at wikipedia.org 
> wrote:
> > Sounds good. I'm leaving South Korea, but I have an
> > ameteur photographer friend staying behind, and she
> > just bought a scanner. She's agreed to release many of
> > her pictures under the GFDL.
> Correct me if am I wrong somebody but I do believe that an image copyright 
> holder has the right to keep a restrictive copyright on a full resolution 
> image AND also spin off lower resolution versions under other less 
> restrictive licenses. 
> So for example I could take a digital photo at 1600 x 1200 pixels which is 
> automatically under a restrictive license and then create a downsized, 
> cropped, and web-friendly version at 250 x 200 and release the smaller 
> version under the GFDL or even into the public domain. 
So is Wikipedia only destinied to be in the web medium ?
Eventually "The Great Wikipedia Encyclopedia in xxx volumes" might appear
in print someday. Then we will need hi-res photos.
> If this is in fact true then we should tell Wikipedia photographers that they 
> can keep a restrictive license on their high resolution originals if they 
> want.  

Regards,
Kpjas.