[Wikipedia-l] What would Richard Stallman say?

Fri Feb 20 21:17:52 UTC 2004

Sean Barrett wrote:

>>If each wikipedian took 10 pictures of the interesting things he visits, I'm
>>sure we would not need nonfree pictures any more.
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>No matter how many pictures I take of the interesting things I visit,
>I will never take a picture of Bob Keeshan (1927-2004) -- and you will
>not find a free picture of him.
>  
>
However, it may not be impossible to acquire one eventually.  As 
Wikipedia gets more famous, the estates of famous people may start to 
dislike the fact that that person's biography has a conspicuous lack of 
an image, and consent to GFDL-licensing an image to fill the gap.  If we 
fill it in with a fair use image, that removes the incentive.

-Mark