[Foundation-l] RfC: A Free Content and Expression Definition

Anthony DiPierro wikilegal at inbox.org
Wed May 3 19:34:41 UTC 2006


On 5/3/06, Paweł Dembowski <fallout at lexx.eu.org> wrote:
> > Sure, but at the same time we should acknowledge that an encyclopedia
> > article that is legal to copy, distribute, improve, and translate, for
> > any purpose (including commercial ones), in the vast majority of the
> > world, is "free enough", even if the pictures can't be cut out and put
> > in your car commercial.  IOW, some fair use can be allowed while the
> > work remains free.
>
> The same can be said about "educational use only" images, which in my
> opinion are much better than dubious "fair use".

Yep.  Hopefully this new definition will resolve that discrepancy.

Anthony


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