[Wikipedia-l] Re: Force user to choose a licence when uploading data

[Michael Snow]

Imran Ghory wrote:

>>>>What do you think about force user to choose a licence
>>>>(in a combo box) when
>>>>uploading a media (pictures, sound, etc.) to Wikipedia.
>>>>        
>>>>
>>I second this proposal. Too many pictures just don't have _any_ information.
>>    
>>
>Ditto, along with a required "source" text field.
>
Requiring source information is far more important than giving users a 
choice about what license to use. We should have done it a long time 
ago. If we want any basis in international law to claim "fair use" on 
images, the Berne Convention requires that we indicate the source and 
the name of the author.

I don't know that it's such a good idea to give people a smorgasbord of 
licenses to choose from, though. Trying to comply exactly with the terms 
of the GFDL is enough work already. We'd be better off if we had a 
uniform licensing policy for images, so that people don't have to keep 
track of responsibilities that are different under each license. We 
could just decide to tell everyone that all images you contribute must 
be licensed under the GFDL, just like text.

--Michael Snow
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