At 12:10 15/06/2003 -0700, Jimbo wrote:
Lee Pilich wrote:
Can somebody please explain to me why we, the editors of Wikipedia, should be bothered about any context other than Wikipedia? I want to make the WIkipedia as good as it can be, and if that involves using fair use materials, then so be it. If somebody who makes a derivitive work from the Wikipedia can't use our fair use materials as fair use because, say, they're charging $50 for whatever product they've created, then I couldn't care less.
Because we care about freedom in the sense of GNU, that's why.
OK, I worded my email too strongly and mentioning money was a mistake - I know that's not the real issue. I was in a bad mood, it was too hot, my monitor was buzzing, I deserved all the "free beer" cliches people could throw at me, I shouldn't have sent the email.
I still think getting rid of all instances of fair use is a bad idea, though. In not being allowed to quote from modern books, interviews, speeches, articles, films... well, anything, we'd be imposing a limit which, presumably, other encyclopaedias don't have to deal with. And I don't see how we can practically allow some kinds of fair use but not others (I might be wrong on that one, though - I might be wrong on everything).
Lee (Camembert)