On 12/6/06, Robth robth1@gmail.com wrote:
of fair use. Second is our "fair use policy", which should properly be called our "unfree image policy" or something similar. You are
Ah yes, that would certainly be a lot clearer.
recent proposal to do this seems to be running into appreciable opposition from folks who support basing our unfree image policy only on immediate legal concerns.
Well, I guess I'm mostly sympathetic to that view. I didn't think the creation of free images was a core goal of Wikipedia. Rather, having a ready supply of usable images - free or otherwise - was. I don't feel strongly about it as long as the effort of producing free images doesn't distract us too much.
Steve