On Fri, 30 May 2003, Lee Daniel Crocker wrote:
critical enough to justify some hassle. So if
copyrighted images, used with
permission or under fair use, are attached to Wikipedia articles, and it is
likely that most if not all redistributions of the Wikipedia would also
qualify for the same fair use, I think that's a reasonable second choice,
so long as (1) every image so used _is clearly identified_ as such, and
has clear documentation of its source.
Images from unknown sources should certainly be removed, and any images
that can be replaced with real GFDL images should be. Likewise, if we do
any static mirror of Wikipedia, I think it's important that it retain
(or point to) the image description pages that identify the source of
each image and its status.
Maybe a new SQL field for images? Something like
copyright tinyint(2) NOT NULL
1 = public domain
2 = explicit GFDL
3 = fair use
4 = copyright holder permission
5 = don't redistribute
6 = stolen
7 = don't know
to be filled with a checkbox in the image upload page?