Bryan Derksen wrote:
...I am a little disturbed by how much careful and
detailed work went
into justifying its inclusion only to be trumped with completely
unsupported "the artist doesn't like it" and "the Foundation lawyer
doesn't like it" assertions.
This might be a decent illustration of the unfortunate general
principle that "hard work" on something does not necessarily
mean that the something was the right thing to do.
It's also a decent illustration of why our policy is (properly)
to give a very high preference to truly free and GFDL images,
and to use images under fair use or with permission only as a last
resort, and under duress. Really, the work required to determine
and then to defend fair use rights in an environment like ours
usually isn't worth it.