[WikiEN-l] Non-commercial only and By Permission Only Images to be deleted

Wed Dec 6 04:44:37 UTC 2006

On 12/5/06, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/6/06, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Wikipedia wants the option to use the encyclopaedia for commercial
> > purposes at some point in the future (for example, selling a printed
> > version, perhaps). By refusing images with non-commercial licenses, we
> > leave our options open.
>
> Why do we have fair use images then?
>
> Steve

For depicting subjects where the creation of a free image would be
impossible or very unlikely.  A non-commercial image would be
acceptable for these subjects as well, but should have a fair use
rationale explaining why it meets Wikipedia's criteria for using
unfree images (i.e. why a free image is not a viable alternative).

-- 
Robth
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Robth)