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

[James D. Forrester]

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Michael Snow wrote:

> "Fair use" is laziness too in many cases. But my point was that if 
> you're going to the trouble of asking for permission, which is otherwise 
> commendable, it is lazy and counterproductive not to take the very 
> simple step of asking for permission *under a free license*.

Well, it's rare to get permission for GFDL licensing or whatever; I've
managed to get loads of replies which are happy to give Wikipedia a
licence, but will not be able to license under GFDL/CC-BY/etc. - dozens
and dozens of them. Some of them, I noted, ended up just being grabbed
and copied for fair use instead (by other users), which is more than
just a little dispiriting.

Yours,
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James D. Forrester
Wikimedia : [[W:en:User:Jdforrester|James F.]]
E-Mail    : james at jdforrester.org
IM (MSN)  : jamesdforrester at hotmail.com
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