On 02/03/2008, Michel Vuijlsteke wikipedia@zog.org wrote:
On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 1:55 AM, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
Certainly but just not under any fair use criteria. If you want to put your own work on wikipedia you release it under a free license.
Change the wording on the upload page? "If you are the author of this work, you hereby assert that you release it as <some license >"
1. People don't read.
2. If they don't read, it's better they don't appear to be asserting something they don't mean. We've had enough trouble with people trying to "withdraw" GFDL from contributions they've made. (Typically the contributions get removed if it's not a pain in the arse to do so, because we don't want to be dicks about it, but not if it is.) Similarly, trouble with people who upload text and images to the article about them that turn out to be owned by their employer, and they in fact have no right to release them.
It's really better in practice for them not to appear to assert release of material under a free licence unless they really truly mean to do that.
- d.