[Wikipedia-l] question about fdl

Wed Mar 5 03:04:23 UTC 2003

At 02:52 AM 3/5/03 +0100, Andre Engels wrote:
>On Tue, 4 Mar 2003, Lee Daniel Crocker wrote:
>
> > If you find such an image on wikipedia (i.e., one for which permission
> > was granted only to wikipedia), it should probably be replaced if at
> > all possible by a more freely usable one, either PD, or FDL licensed
> > itself, or usable under "fair use".
>
>Could I get some indication on when an image falls uner fair use, and when
>it does not?

Indication, yes. A formula, no. Basically, fair use requires (among other
things) that we not use a significant part of the whole work, and that the use
not decrease the commercial/market/financial value of the work.

>Andre Engels
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