On 30-10-2002, Daniel Mayer wrote thusly :
On Wednesday 30 October 2002 10:35 am,
wikipedia-l-request(a)wikipedia.org
wrote:
Sounds good. I'm leaving South Korea, but I
have an
ameteur photographer friend staying behind, and she
just bought a scanner. She's agreed to release many of
her pictures under the GFDL.
Correct me if am I wrong somebody but I do believe
that an image copyright
holder has the right to keep a restrictive copyright on a full resolution
image AND also spin off lower resolution versions under other less
restrictive licenses.
So for example I could take a digital photo at 1600 x 1200 pixels which is
automatically under a restrictive license and then create a downsized,
cropped, and web-friendly version at 250 x 200 and release the smaller
version under the GFDL or even into the public domain.
So is Wikipedia only
destinied to be in the web medium ?
Eventually "The Great Wikipedia Encyclopedia in xxx volumes" might appear
in print someday. Then we will need hi-res photos.
If this is in fact true then we should tell Wikipedia
photographers that they
can keep a restrictive license on their high resolution originals if they
want.
Regards,
Kpjas.