[Foundation-l] [Slashdot] Why the Photos On Wikipedia Are So Bad

[David Gerard]

2009/7/20 Stephen Bain <stephen.bain at gmail.com>:

>> 'To me the problem is the Wikipedia
>> rule of public use,' says Jerry Avenaim, a celebrity photographer. 'If
>> they truly wanted to elevate the image on the site, they should allow
>> photographers to maintain the copyright.'"

> We should definitely take advice from a professional photographer who
> doesn't understand what a licence is.


He does - he's a Wikimedia contributor! I'd suggest a quote got
over-compressed there.

The Slashdot coverage appears surprisingly clueful - i.e., that
reusability and a proper free license comes first.


- d.