Would adopting ads on Wikipedia.org change the situation around image licensing? I'm mostly thinking of non-commercial only images, but I'd also like to know whether it would weaken our fair use arguments.
BTW I wouldn't mind non-obtrusive ads (a'la gmail) if it means that the servers are more responsive and the software is more featureful.
Several Mediawiki features are not developed or simply not enabled, because the servers wouldn't be able to handle the load.
-- nyenyec