On 5/22/06, Stan Shebs shebs@apple.com wrote:
It's at least remotely possible that an image or two of limited quality would be given a free license, sort of like a "free sample"; several professional photographers have done just this on commons for instance. But I don't see that Lucasfilm currently has any incentive to relinquish control, given that pretending not to be aware of our maybe-maybe-not fair use leaves them with all rights intact, and it would be available as a way to hassle WP if, say, our captions weren't sufficiently admiring or something. :-)
If en: scrubbed out all nonfree images top to bottom, and if it was clear that it was a choice between text-only and donated images, the donation might seem worthwhile. But we would have to be utterly ruthless - none of this making of exceptions for "historic photos" or whatever.
Stan
A completely free license would give away the rights to produce derivative works. It's not going to happen. The most you could hope for is an ND license or maybe "free for use in an encyclopedia only".
Hey, prove me wrong. I'd be thrilled :).
Anthony