Steve Bennett wrote:
On 5/22/06, Peter Mackay
<peter.mackay(a)bigpond.com> wrote:
>So you can release a photograph as GFDL if you do not hold the copyright
>to
>it? Is this fair dinkum?
>
>No. Check the {{GFDL}} template. It's not a release, it's an assertion. If
>you stamp the photo {{GFDL}}, you're simply saying that the person who took
>it has previously released it - a different kind of sin, that may or not let
>you sleep better at night.
>
For instance, if my wife takes a picture of me, I ask her to
release it under GFDL so it can be on WP and she agrees, I can
legitimately do the uploading and GFDL-tagging myself, crediting
her as photographer. We do take it on a certain amount of faith
that I'm representing the situation truthfully, but given that the
GFDL requires that the creator of the work be identified, a skeptic
would in theory have enough info to contact her directly and
confirm the license.
Stan