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.