It seems as though this is a form of fair use, and as such would be
allowable on projects (such as en.wp) that allow fair use but not on
Commons and others which don't.
Chris
On Fri, 4 Aug 2006, Patrick-Emil Zörner wrote:
--- Fredrik Josefsson <fred_chessplayer(a)yahoo.se> wrote:
There are some images that are protected from
"commercial exploitation", although they are not
restricted in commercial editorial use such as
Wikipedia, newspapers, magazines and books on the
subject.
So you give the answer yourself. They are not 100% commercial. What is
"commercial exploitation"? Sell things to get rich. Well that is why
you sell stuff.
If I undestand it correctly, such images are for
example protected from being: postcards , sold
separately and used in advertisement.
It could mean anything. That is the reason why commons wants pictures
that where we can clearly say they are free (Even though we turn a
blind eye on the GFDL ;-)
What is the view of the Wikimedia foundation
about
such images?
It is not only a matter of the foundation but also a matter of the
community. Because if these will be allowed on commons I will stop
doing my adminstrative work there and make use of my right to leave.
regards
Paddy
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