--- Birgitte SB birgitte_sb@yahoo.com wrote:

--- Erik Moeller eloquence@gmail.com wrote:

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Wikimedia

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The definition makes it easy to resolve the

question

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of which licenses to allow or disallow across projects. For example,

a

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Wikimedia-wide policy could be that: "All content in all projects must be free content as per the Free Content Definition 1.0,

with

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the exception of works which are used under exemptions granted by national copyright laws, such as 'fair use' in the United States.

These

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exemptions are defined on a per-project and per-language basis."

I would like to appeal to everyone to re-read the above paragraph. If Wikimedia wants to take the high road and stick to the strictest principles regarding "free content", the exception allowing fair use must be removed from that statement. If Wikimedia wishes to be more flexible, then each project should be allowed to draft it's own exceptions. The English Wikisource does not allow anything under fair use at all, the English Wikipedia allows anything legally allowed in regards to US fair use. Such material is much less free than the any non-derivatives existing on enWS. Also fair use is pervasive thoughout enWP, where any ND at enWS could be clearly marked and compartmentalized. This is how I feel on the matter and I will strongly oppose policy being enacted with wording given above.

Birgitte SB

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