On 11/01/07, effe iets anders effeietsanders@gmail.com wrote: It is very hard to
explain to people why one project thinks the use of NC (not to speak of fair use) is allowed, and why other projects state it isnt. It's not even a question of local law, it is about what is allowed by the GFDL license.
No projects allow NC, do they? English Wikipedia hasn't allowed them for some time.
These links may be useful:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Licensing/Explaining_why_Deri...
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/commons-l/2006-April/000163.html post from Jimbo re: justifying the "no NC/ND" requirement
BTW http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Licensing lacks a Dutch translation! Perhaps making at least a summary of the English one would be useful.
A lot of small communities are struggling
with this, and I think it would be very wise of the Foundtaioin to help those communities, to help especially the Dutch language wikipedia-community in this, as we have already enough to fight over, by getting a legal advice with an expert, and make a choise in result of that. An advice would require in my opinion a same amount of efford, so I really urge to "rules" from above, although I am usually no big fan of that.
I have made similar requests on behalf of Wikimedia Commons, and they have gone unheeded, so I guess yours will as well. We all muddle through as best we can. As much as we'd like to appeal to "experts", the sad fact is that many little details are not clear for anyone, even lawyers. Sometimes the only way you find out how the LawTM should be interpreted is by taking someone to court. Probably we don't want to find out that badly. :)
cheers, Brianna user:pfctdayelise