I don't get it. Copyright is universal, so should copyright licenses be. There are numerous exceptions to come up with, and we can discuss on this list into eternity about those where Geni can come up with wonderful examples and Teofilo will come up with reasons why they fall outside his scope. Doesnt the whole fact that we have this discussion proof the point already and remove the necessity of such?
The point is that GFDL has impracticalities to some people. Whether you also have these impracticalities does not really matter, as long as some people experience them as such, because it limits re-use. The question is, should Wikimedia Commons favor one license over the other, or even discourage the use of some subset of free licenses? I think that offering a default license is great - it is a major simplification of the upload process and increases the odds that someone will make an upload. Because be honest: most authors don't care, they want their content uploaded to Wikipedia. If that requires them to release some rights they won't commercialize anyway, they are likely willing to do so. No matter the conditions. If they would be required to make a silly dance through walkthrough license schemes, they will just get frustrated and cut off the process. Of course we can have an advanced upload scheme where people like Teofilo can pick all complicated licenses they like or even type their own personal release which then can be judged by the community - but please don't bother the regular uploader with that. Best, Lodewijk 2011/2/21 Teofilo <teofilow...@gmail.com> > 2011/2/21 geni <geni...@gmail.com>: > (...) > >> I was thinking about a Powerpoint presentation. > > > > Well yes thats rather the problem. There are also slideshows with > > actual physical slides. I've got some around somewhere. > > > > -- > > geni > > People who work with actual physical slides are unlikely to > incorporate contents from Wikipedia. Wikipedia is online. If they > bother to create a physical slide out of content from Wikipedia, they > must have a computer with an internet connection, so it is not > difficult for them to upload the equivalent of the slide they created > at Wikimedia Commons, or on imageshack if it is not an educational > content. > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l