[Foundation-l] Board meeting in Rotterdam later this week

[Brianna Laugher]

On 13/01/07, Matthew Brown <morven at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/12/07, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 1/12/07, Marco Chiesa <chiesa.marco at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > So, when is the English wikipedia planning to get rid of  the
> > > noncommercial and wikipedia-only images that are still in use.
> >
> > less than 1000 of each less
>
> And the list is being whittled down all the time.  The commitment to
> get rid of them is there.
>
> > >And what
> > > about fair use, which to me sounds like wikipedia-only but without
> > > asking permission?
> > >
> >
> > That isn't quite the case.
>
> Fair use is an important freedom under US law that many on the English
> wikipedia are loath to abandon.  There is always going to be fair use
> in Wikipedia, and we are unlikely to want to eradicate it entirely -
> for one thing, pretty much all language versions of Wikipedia use fair
> use text quotations (or whatever the local legal equivalent is).

Keeping aside the "fair use text quotations" (what the??), are you
sure you're speaking for everyone when you say "we" there? Somehow I
feel certain I'm not the only one who would like to get rid of fair
use on en.wp, and envisages a happy English Wikipedia future without
this crutch.

cheers,
Brianna
user:pfctdayelise