[Foundation-l] Fair use images

Fri Mar 10 17:57:49 UTC 2006

On 3/10/06, Robert Scott Horning <robert_horning at netzero.net> wrote:
> Anthony DiPierro wrote:
>
> >On 3/10/06, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Hoi,
> >>Commons does not have articles. Commons has its own functionality. Its
> >>purpose is to serve digital content to the WMF projects first and as a
> >>repository of content second.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Frankly, I wasn't aware of that.
> >
> >Maybe there's a need for an Uncommons, where WMF projects can share
> >digital content that isn't free.
> >
> >Anthony
> >
> >
> There is a bunch of content that is technically free but only available
> under a non-commercial use only license.  A repository of that sort
> would be a contrast to Wikimedia Commons, where non-commercial only
> licenses are not acceptable.  As for content that isn't free, try Corbis
> or one of the commercial stock photo libraries.  Those have been around
> for the better part of a century and have a huge image library that will
> take some time for Commons to catch up to being equal to.
>
> --
> Robert Scott Horning

I was counting in content only available under a non-commercial use
only license as non-free.  Not sure what you mean by "technically
free".

Anthony