Lizrael

Photo licensing

Hello, the photo you mentioned was uploaded under specific permission for Wikipedia's use, as you noted. However, Wikipedia's policies do not permit us to use images (or other content) that is licensed specifically and only to Wikipedia -- one of the important goals of our project is to make/acquire content that can be reused by other projects, be they other encyclopedias, handheld devices, or similar. Any content licensed only for Wikipedia and not available for further reuse runs contrary to those goals, and as a result our policies do not permit us to keep such images. If you can get the photo released under a general open license so that anyone can use it, we can accept it (although many photographers may be reluctant to permit such). Take care, and happy new year. --Improv 14:13, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi, what if the owner allows the photos to be used for educational purposes? What license is that? Can we use photos under this license in the English Wikipedia? Happy Colombus day to you.--Lizrael 20:47, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

• I don't believe we can accept images with that restriction either -- it needs to be open to the world for general use. Our image policy is fairly strict, so a lot of people unfortunately find it difficult to deal with at first. Take care. --Improv 03:49, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

So under what restricting license can I put it here? --Lizrael 11:36, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

The author can use any of the licenses in the "For image creators" section at Wikipedia:Image_copyright_tags. You may want to talk with one of the volunteers at Wikipedia:Image_copyright_tags#Members for more details. --Improv 17:51, 22 October 2006 (UTC)