[WikiEN-l] WikiEN-l Digest, Vol 38, Issue 42

[dmehkeri at swi.com]

> So let me give a hypothetical.  Say my grandmother takes a really
> awesome photograph.  She doesn't want to create a Wikipedia or Commons
> account.  In fact, she doesn't even have a computer.  Furthermore, she
> doesn't want her name up on the Internet.  But she is willing, after
> some persuasion from me, to license her photo under Sharealike 1.0.
> 
> Can I put this image in Wikipedia and/or Commons without lying?
> 

Why not? If you ask me, just say so. Good enough. If you don't want to use your
name either then use a throwaway account, and say so. 

I'm pretty sure I've seen things like this (for public domain rather than CC-SA).

Dan