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

[Stephan Walter]

Maury Markowitz wrote:
>>The only images that are acceptable are those that are either fair use
>>or under a free license. Anything else is shot on sight, and rightly so.
> 
> Why? This is still a complete mystery to me. If we have permission to use 
> them, why not use them?

Because we want everyone to be able to use them. That's what freedom 
means in the GFDL.

If someone wants to put a picture from Wikipedia on his website, he 
should be able to do so.

If someone wants to include pictures in a book and sell it, she should 
be able to do so.

(... they must respect the GFDL, of course.)

-Stephan