On Thu, 30 Sep 104 22:05:23 +1000, Chris Sherlock csherlock@mail.ljh.com.au wrote:
Hello all,
Apologies if this has been discussed before (I'm a newbie to the list), but the Australian users on the "Wikipedia:Australian wikipedians' notice board" would like to use some images that we will not be able to license under the GFDL or any other copyleft like license. The reason for this is because Australia does not have any fairuse legislation, and we require permission for images that are under 50 years old - even if they are from the Australian government.
[snip] My question is: will I be allowed to upload and use them in the article? I will have to apply a restrictive license.
Well, my understanding was that we didn't really want any image that wasn't licencable under the same licence as the rest of Wikipedia, but this is definitely a controversial topic, as another thread on this list shows.