On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 21:01:59 +0200, David Monniaux
<David.Monniaux(a)free.fr> wrote:
There is a similar issue with the photographs produced
by various
organisations: these organisations would allow commercial use for e.g.
informations, encyclopedias, education, but not for making
advertisements.
In some instances, this is a case of protection of image: they don't
want their image to be associated with products or political campaigns
without their authorisation, and it's much easier for them to act on
grounds of copyright infringement than on other grounds (especially
since in some cases they cannot claim trademark protection).
This will probably have to be addressed in a satisfactory fashion.
Currently, we deal with such images by allowing them on some Wikipedias
(en: in particular) by claiming "fair use". However, many projects don't
allow "fair use", though their communities would perhaps appreciate
being able to use such images.
While such licences are free-ish I don't think they would fall fully
within the definition of free content (thouh IANAL). Either way they would
not be compatable with the GFDL licence, since it does not put any
restrictions on who can use a work or for what purpose, and unless I'm
mistaken GFDL compatability is the acid test for wether or not something
is allowed on Commons.
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