[Wikipedia-l] Photos from http://www.sxc.hu/

Sun Nov 2 11:53:57 UTC 2003

On Nov 2, 2003, at 03:35, Jurriaan Schulman wrote:

> Is there any reason why one couldn't use pictures from 
> http://www.sxc.hu/
> for wikipedia?

<IANAL>

http://www.sxc.hu/info.phtml?f=terms

"1.) You may use any of the photos in our system free of charge for any 
commercial or personal design work if you obey the specified 
restrictions concerning each photo you download."

The license terms for individual pictures will vary, so be careful to 
check them.

"2.) Selling these photos (individually, or as a whole) without written 
permission is prohibited. Using the photos in website templates, on 
postcards, mugs etc. doesn't count as selling."

This sounds kind of vague, but the GNU Free Documentation License does 
*not* prohibit selling works, and *does* prohibit further restrictions. 
Wikipedia articles or derivatives of them may be printed, pressed, or 
taped and sold (in addition to being given away for free or cost of 
reproduction). Just something to consider.

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)