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@gmail.com wrote:
2006/5/1, Gregory Maxwell gmaxwell@gmail.com:
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.
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