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

Haukur Þorgeirsson haukurth at hi.is
Tue Jul 5 23:18:53 UTC 2005


> If we are only going to provide "totally free" content, we should
> eliminate all fair use images as well. If we are not going to do that,
> we should not worry so much about images which are licensed under
> relatively free licenses -- i.e., free for use with acknowledgement,
> free for use in non-commercial settings, free for use just on
> Wikipedia, etc.

My feeling exactly.

Out of those two options I prefer the second one
- allow some not totally free images, and keep
them clearly tagged so downstream users can
sort them out.

And it goes without saying that we should only
use them when totally free images can not be obtained.

Regards,
Haukur





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