On Sunday 01 June 2003 13:39, Erik Moeller wrote:
Erik, I haven't seen a comment from you about this so far, but I would be very interested how you want to solve these problems.
See my response to Brion: http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2003-May/004200.html
thanks, I missed that.
Specifically note that textual quotes are already a form of fair use, and more closely linked to the actual article text than images. You don't want to forbid us to quote Martin Luther King, do you?
While I agree that quotes are neccessary I have my doubts if this is compliant with GFDL. Actually I believe they violate the GFDL and we should think about this rather sooner than later.
BUT, you cannot argue that because we already have potential unsolved problems with the GFDL we are free to violate the GFDL more than that.
In my humble opinion we should think about how we can solve the problems we already have with the quotes and not make our situation worse by allowing "fair use" images which clearly violate the GFDL.
best regards, Marco