[WikiEN-l] Ads and image licensing

[Fastfission]

I think what you are trying to ask -- and I don't know the answer --
is whether or not a not-for-profit organization in the U.S. would be
allowed to generate revenue by hosting advertising. I can't imagine
Mediawiki would even consider something which would endanger its
not-for-profit status so I doubt this is a problem. It'd still be
"non-commercial" in both a legal and ethical sense.

FF

On 1/1/06, Nyenyec N <nyenyec at gmail.com> wrote:
> Would adopting ads on Wikipedia.org change the situation around image licensing?
> I'm mostly thinking of non-commercial only images, but I'd also like
> to know whether it would weaken our fair use arguments.
>
> BTW I wouldn't mind non-obtrusive ads (a'la gmail) if it means that
> the servers are more responsive and the software is more featureful.
>
> Several Mediawiki features are not developed or simply not enabled,
> because the servers wouldn't be able to handle the load.
>
> -- nyenyec
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