[WikiEN-l] NASA meatballs and wikipedia meatheads

[geni]

On 01/04/2008, Ian Woollard <ian.woollard at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 01/04/2008, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > The logo *itself* in isolation might be, but the images with it
>  > > aren't; they're public domain you can modify them as much as you want.
>  >
>  > False there are many modifications you cannot make to those images.
>  > Editing in some images of the KKK for example would cause problems.
>
>
> Yeah, well, that would be fraud wouldn't it?

Not always

> And how is that license
>  related? You could do that with any image, irrespective of license and
>  expect much the same consequences.

With any image? How would it get you into trouble with
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Grays_Thurrockmap_1946.jpg ?



>  > The images with the tags removed are free. With then not removed they are
>  > not.
>
>
> Even free isn't free in most cases. You can't stick GPL in GFDL or
>  vice versa *unless* it's dual licensed. In fact, this material is
>  public domain- you can do more things with it than GFDLd work. It's
>  more free than 'free'.


Breaking the GFDL is civil law. Using the NASA logo in certain ways is
criminal law.

The terms on the NASA logo limit what type of derivatives can be made.
This means non free.

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geni