[WikiEN-l] GFDL and images

Magnus Manske magnusmanske at googlemail.com
Mon Jun 11 13:52:01 UTC 2007


On 6/11/07, Angela Anuszewski <psu256 at member.fsf.org> wrote:
> > If you hang it on your wall at home, you don't have to add anything to
> > it. If you /redistribute/ it, then you have to give the license.
>
> So... does that mean if you take a picture in your house with the GFDL
> picture in the background, its a derivative work and you have to glue
> a 1 pt font copy of the GFDL on the back of the 5x7s you are sending
> out in your Christmas cards? :)

Yes, the same way you'll have to pay some sculptor if this photo of a
photo happens to show one of his statues :-)

Magnus



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