WJhonson wrote:
In a message dated 3/1/2008 5:17:34 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, dgerard@gmail.com writes:
No, the author can't put up something on Wikipedia as fair-use or Wikipedia-permission-only, any more than a third party can.
But they can put it up as fair use is the point.
Um, no, they can't, and *that's* the point.
Whether you like it or not (and I don't like it, either, so I do have a certain amount of sympathy for your position), WIKIMEDIA HAS DECIDED THAT IT DOESN'T WANT *ANY* NONFREE IMAGES. There may be a few exceptions, but they're not worth it to me to remember. So if an author wants to give Wikipedia permission to use his non-free image, he can't, not because the permission isn't his to grant, but as David explained, because Wikipedia doesn't want the image no matter who grants permission.