On 5/22/06, Stan Shebs <shebs(a)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