On 3 Aug 2002, at 21:21, Brion VIBBER wrote:
koyaanisqatsi@nupedia.com wrote:
If I upload a picture and do not specify that I'm releasing it into the public domain (and so release it implicitly under the GNU FDL instead), can that picture be used only in works that are also GNU FDL? Or could it be reused in traditional, copyrighted works such as newspapers?
What does the GNU FDL say about this, if anything? What constitutes the article? The text? The image? The layout? All of the above? Some of the above?
This could theoretically fall under section 7:
(snippet from http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)
--- 7. AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS
A compilation of the Document or its derivatives with other separate and independent documents or works
I don't think it applies as a newspaper article which includes a relavent photo is clearly not a "separate and independent documents or works".
Imran