On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 07:50:59AM -0800, Jimmy Wales wrote:
We are faced with an issue of convenience versus freedom when we talk about licensing images. Because we are a nonprofit charitable organization with an educational mission, we can easily get non-free licenses to use images. Because we are a nonprofit charitable organization with an educational mission, we can make heavy use of the doctrine of "fair use" in the US.
de: doesn't use images under "fair use", except most "coat of arms" for cities which most of use consider as kind of public domain/interest.
ciao, tom