[Wikipedia-l] Stallman on fair use

[Brion Vibber]

Good news!

We'll still want to mark "fair use" materials as such and cite all
sources, naturally.

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)


On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, Jimmy Wales wrote:

> Marco Krohn was kind enough to email RMS on this fair use issue.
>
> Marco asked:
> >>While discussing (on the mailing list wikitech-l at wikipedia.org) the
> >>usage of "fair use" images/music a lengthy discussion came up if it is
> >>compatible with GFDL to use "fair use" images at all.
>
> RMS responded:
> >If the use of these images is truly fair use, then it is ok
> >regardless of what license you use for your work.
> >
> >Whether this use of the images is truly fair use, that I don't know.
>
> Marco:
> >>This is surely covered by the "fair use" right of the United States, but is
> >>the resulting article including the citation still compatible with GFDL?
>
> RMS:
> >Yes.  I don't think there is really an issue here.
>
> Additionally, RMS doesn't seem to think we need to rely at all on the
> aggregation argument, and finds that aspect of things confusing.
>
> --Jimbo
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