On Sun, Jun 01, 2003 at 07:18:00PM +0200, Erik Moeller wrote:
We also have
to make it legal to distribute Wikipedia in Europe, which have
different copyright laws, especially when it comes to what in USA is
called "fair use", and what is usually described explicitely by copyright
laws.
We should make reasonable efforts to do so, but fortunately, most
countries have fair use equivalents. For example, in Germany the use of an
image is called a "Großzitat", and currently allowed in scientific works
(including popular scientific ones).
Our primary concern, however, especially regarding the English Wikipedia,
is for US law.
In Poland such exceptions apply only to research and, to lesser extend,
to education. Wikipedia is neither one or another.