On Wednesday 11 June 2003 19:10, Jason Richey wrote:
This discussion is making my head spin... Let me see
if I can get the
basics in order for myself (please, let me know if I don't have it
right):
* Everyone basically agrees that the text (not including quotes, which
I don't intend to discuss here) of Wikipedia is okay, even if the
text refers to an image that is fair use.
yes.
* Everyone agrees that The en Wikipedia has some
images that we are
legally allowed to use (on the website) under fair use assuming that
we don't claim they are GFDL.
legally to use wrt "fair use": yes.
But illegal to use because we are mixing GFDL and non-free content which is
forbidden by GFDL. Note: Erik does not agree with this interpretation of
GFDL.
* Most everyone agrees that there is little chance
that we can get the
copyright holders of every image to switch to a GFDL license. This
said, some people say that we can't distribute the images with the
GFDL products, as it would violate the license.
yes.
* Most everyone has decided what they think, and will
argue his/her
opinion until the cows come home (and then some).
yes ;-)
If I understand correctly, the problem is most evident
when we
consider printed formats (like grandma's encyclopedia). I don't think
that anyone has argued that we can distribute fair use images if we go
to a printed (combined) work. So, fair use images should not be in a
printed version.
well, they shouldn't be in Wikipedia at all IMHO, but you are right with
saying that a printed version is not allowed using "fair use" images.
best regards,
Marco
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Marco Krohn
Theoretical Physics
University of Hannover