[WikiEN-l] Non-free images, there has to be a better way

[Magnus Manske]

Mark Ryan wrote:

>I entirely sympathise. Personally, I don't see why we have to run
>around deleting images with non-free licences from Wikipedia when we
>have Commons for the fully free licences. What is the reasoning behind
>removing all of these images? Apparently my user page image is going
>to be deleted because I refuse to release it under a free licence (as
>opposed to used with permission).
>  
>
Non-free images are goind to be deleted because
* Wikipedia as a whole can not be reused if it contains non-free images
* it increases pressure to get free alternative images, where possible
* Jimbo said so :-)

Magnus
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