On Sunday 01 June 2003 14:44, Jimmy Wales wrote:
Marco Krohn wrote, quoting Axel Boldt:
"Illustrating an article by adding a photo
creates a derivative
work, therefore the whole has to be put under GFDL, therefore it cannot
be fair use material (or anything besides public domain or GFDL).
Suppose we have an article about a book by Noam Chomsky. We wish to
explain the thesis of the book, and toward that end, we quote a
relevant sentence from the book. This is perfectly valid, and it is
fair use.
Please, nobody doubts that this is "fair use". But others and I doubt that the
result is compatible with the GFDL, in fact it is my opinion that the result
violates the GFDL because we start mixing GFDL content with "fair use"
content, and the latter has a lot more restrictions than GFDL.
Someone can cite Noam Chomsky in a Book, print '(c) Encyclopedia
Britannica' on it, sell it, and of course he doesn't own the copyright
for the citation. Why should it be different with GFDL? It is
self-evident, that a copyright disclaimer applies only to that part of
the work, that is copyrightable.
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