On 02/03/2008, WJhonson@aol.com WJhonson@aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 3/2/2008 12:50:25 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, dgerard@gmail.com writes:
Actually, constantly beating the free drum is *precisely* Foundation policy, and WP:NONFREE follows accordingly.>>
No the policy is, we do allow fair use images. Nonfree does not say we do not allow fair use images.
That doesn't contradict what I actually said in any way at all. The Foundation mission statement on the front page of wikimediafoundation.org is:
"The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free, multilingual content, and to providing the full content of these wiki-based projects to the public free of charge."
- where the first "free" is a link to [[:en:Free content]].
The requisite Foundation policy is at:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Licensing_policy
The intention, the spirit, of image policy is quite clearly stated therein: "All projects are expected to host only content which is under a Free Content License, or which is otherwise free as recognized by the 'Definition of Free Cultural Works' as referenced above." That is, constantly beating the 'free' drum is *precisely* Foundation policy.
The licensing policy allows an "Exemption Doctrine Policy" (EDP) on a per-project basis and gives [[WP:NONFREE]] as an example.
The licensing policy firmly states that an EDP must be *minimal*. Allowed non-free images on en:wp include fair use, but that does *not* mean all fair use is therefore an allowable non-free image. (Stating so is the fallacy of "all A is B therefore all B is A.") Thus my assertion that talking about "fair use" or what's legally possible is entirely missing the point of the policy.
About all I can reasonably do at this stage is direct you to the relevant policies:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Licensing_policy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_content
- and hope you will read and understand them, because banging the 'fair use' drum the way you are indicates you don't understand them.
- d.