In a message dated 3/2/2008 1:19:19 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, eugene@vanderpijll.nl writes:
It's just that policy doesn't agree with you on this point. The board has said we shouldn't rely on fair use until we have a free-use image.>>
----------------------- "The board has said we shouldn't rely on fair use UNTIL we have a free use"
This is not what the board has said. IF we had a free use image, we would not need a fair use one. Somehow I think you've missed a word in there somewhere.
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On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 1:21 PM, WJhonson@aol.com wrote:
"The board has said we shouldn't rely on fair use UNTIL we have a free use"
This is not what the board has said. IF we had a free use image, we would not need a fair use one. Somehow I think you've missed a word in there somewhere.
I think the intended meaning was along the lines of "Current lack of a free image is not sufficient justification to use a non-free image".
-Matt
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In a message dated 3/2/2008 1:19:19 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, eugene@vanderpijll.nl writes:
It's just that policy doesn't agree with you on this point. The board has said we shouldn't rely on fair use until we have a free-use image.>>
"The board has said we shouldn't rely on fair use UNTIL we have a free use"
This is not what the board has said. IF we had a free use image, we would not need a fair use one. Somehow I think you've missed a word in there somewhere.
I'm sorry, I don't understand this.
Perhaps if I paraphrase the preceding discussion, it is clearer what I meant?
WJhonson: "For images that are replaceable but for which we do not have a free replacement yet, we should rely on fair use until we have a free-use image."
Eugene: "No, the board has said we shouldn't."
Eugene refers to [[Wikipedia:EDP]], the guideline on images, point 12: "images that if non-free would almost certainly not satisfy the policy: #12. Pictures of people still alive". (Which covers the case we're discussing here.)
Eugene furthermore refers to http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Licensing_policy , the board resolution we all have to follow, because it is their servers: "An EDP may not allow material where we can reasonably expect someone to upload a freely licensed file for the same purpose, such as is the case for almost all portraits of living notable individuals."
Eugene