koyaanisqatsi(a)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)
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--- 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
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