On 02/03/2008, WJhonson(a)aol.com <WJhonson(a)aol.com> wrote:
In a message dated 3/2/2008 12:50:25 P.M. Pacific
Standard Time,
dgerard(a)gmail.com writes:
> Actually, constantly beating the free drum is
*precisely* Foundation
> policy, and WP:NONFREE follows accordingly.>>
No the policy is, we do allow fair use images.
Nonfree does not say we do not allow fair use images.
That doesn't contradict what I actually said in any way at all. The
Foundation mission statement on the front page of
wikimediafoundation.org is:
"The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit charitable organization
dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of
free, multilingual content, and to providing the full content of these
wiki-based projects to the public free of charge."
- where the first "free" is a link to [[:en:Free content]].
The requisite Foundation policy is at:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Licensing_policy
The intention, the spirit, of image policy is quite clearly stated
therein: "All projects are expected to host only content which is
under a Free Content License, or which is otherwise free as recognized
by the 'Definition of Free Cultural Works' as referenced above." That
is, constantly beating the 'free' drum is *precisely* Foundation
policy.
The licensing policy allows an "Exemption Doctrine Policy" (EDP) on a
per-project basis and gives [[WP:NONFREE]] as an example.
The licensing policy firmly states that an EDP must be *minimal*.
Allowed non-free images on en:wp include fair use, but that does *not*
mean all fair use is therefore an allowable non-free image. (Stating
so is the fallacy of "all A is B therefore all B is A.") Thus my
assertion that talking about "fair use" or what's legally possible is
entirely missing the point of the policy.
About all I can reasonably do at this stage is direct you to the
relevant policies:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Licensing_policy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_content
- and hope you will read and understand them, because banging the
'fair use' drum the way you are indicates you don't understand them.
- d.