Hoi,
Remembering previous conversations, you conveniently forget what to do
about logos of companies and similar info. For the English language
Wikipedia it is "not a problem" because the problem is hidden under
their "fair use". It is however really powerful information. People
KNOW organisations by their logos and it does make sense to have a way
to include these using a license that does allow for inclusion.
Also we have to consider what has the highest priority; informing
people or the information being free in all aspects. I agree with
Andre that there is a lot of information that is valid, that is
informative that makes a difference that we will not have as Free as
you would like.
Being dogmatic about it, denies you the opportunity of doing what we
aim to do and what should have priority in my opinion.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 5/2/06, Andre Engels <andreengels(a)gmail.com> wrote:
2006/5/1, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell(a)gmail.com>om>:
We recognize that the inclusion of this content
is a violation of the
other half the goal of the project. As a result it is only permitted
to include fair use in English wikipedia where doing so compromises
our ability to be a quality encyclopedia.
Yet when Wikisource wants to include ND to avoid compromising their
ability to be a source of original texts, you do not want to allow
them to do so? Also, does this statement mean that you are of the
opinion that the German Wikipedia, which does not allow fair use in
any form whatsoever, is not a quality encyclopedia?
As for texts that actually are under an ND license and that people
would want on Wikisource: What about the GNU/FDL license itself?
Surely, even if Wikimedia itself were under a different license, the
text of the license would be suitable to put on Wikisource? Yet, the
license of the license reads:
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
ND, in other words.
--
Andre Engels, andreengels(a)gmail.com
ICQ: 6260644 -- Skype: a_engels
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