On 12/5/06, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
On 12/6/06, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
Wikipedia wants the option to use the encyclopaedia for commercial purposes at some point in the future (for example, selling a printed version, perhaps). By refusing images with non-commercial licenses, we leave our options open.
Why do we have fair use images then?
Steve
For depicting subjects where the creation of a free image would be impossible or very unlikely. A non-commercial image would be acceptable for these subjects as well, but should have a fair use rationale explaining why it meets Wikipedia's criteria for using unfree images (i.e. why a free image is not a viable alternative).