Commons:Deletion requests/File:Antarctica Without Ice Sheet.png

thanks, withdrawn
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I'm not sure that the license on the source website - http://www.globalwarmingart.com/wiki/File:Antarctica_Without_Ice_Sheet_png - is sufficient for us. He says, "This image (or modified versions of it) may be used in any work where the publication as a whole is released under one of the following free content, copyleft licenses ... [GFDL and CC-BY-SA] ... Where applicable, these rights include some forms of commercial use; however, the provisions on redistribution are such that these licenses not intended for most commercial projects. What he does NOT say is, "you may use this image in accordance with the terms of the GFDL" or something like that - he just says you can include it in the publication. That sounds like a more restrictive permission than is permitted here. [[User:UserB|UserB]] ([[User talk:UserB|talk]]) 13:06, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
 
I'm not sure that the license on the source website - http://www.globalwarmingart.com/wiki/File:Antarctica_Without_Ice_Sheet_png - is sufficient for us. He says, "This image (or modified versions of it) may be used in any work where the publication as a whole is released under one of the following free content, copyleft licenses ... [GFDL and CC-BY-SA] ... Where applicable, these rights include some forms of commercial use; however, the provisions on redistribution are such that these licenses not intended for most commercial projects. What he does NOT say is, "you may use this image in accordance with the terms of the GFDL" or something like that - he just says you can include it in the publication. That sounds like a more restrictive permission than is permitted here. [[User:UserB|UserB]] ([[User talk:UserB|talk]]) 13:06, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
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*So, the bottom line is this. The copyleft license authors basically intended their licenses to be strongly viral. In particular, in their view, GFDL images are only licensed to appear in GFDL documents, etc. The WMF has willfully ignored that interpretation, preferring to believe that the "aggregation" provisions are strong enough to cover mixing and matching images with text, even though that's not what the license authors had in mind. Given that there is no current court guidance on this issue, I tend to personally advise people that GFDL images should only be used within GFDL works and CC-BY-SA images should only be used in CC-BY-SA works. That's the only way one can really be sure that people won't get in trouble with these mixing and matching issues in the future. Encouraging people to mix and match, as the WMF does, could actually get reusers into legal predicaments down the line.
 
*So, the bottom line is this. The copyleft license authors basically intended their licenses to be strongly viral. In particular, in their view, GFDL images are only licensed to appear in GFDL documents, etc. The WMF has willfully ignored that interpretation, preferring to believe that the "aggregation" provisions are strong enough to cover mixing and matching images with text, even though that's not what the license authors had in mind. Given that there is no current court guidance on this issue, I tend to personally advise people that GFDL images should only be used within GFDL works and CC-BY-SA images should only be used in CC-BY-SA works. That's the only way one can really be sure that people won't get in trouble with these mixing and matching issues in the future. Encouraging people to mix and match, as the WMF does, could actually get reusers into legal predicaments down the line.
 
*So, yes, I consider this image (and the various other images on my site) to be licensed under the GFDL and under CC-BY-SA (and also separately licensed for non-commercial use). However, when it comes to writing my own website, I am going to advise people that sticking GFDL and CC-BY-SA images in works is potentially a bad idea unless the entire work can be covered by these copyleft licenses. If one wants to be safe, CC-BY-SA images should only be used in CC-BY-SA works and similarly for GFDL images. [[User:Dragons flight|Dragons flight]] ([[User talk:Dragons flight|talk]]) 23:43, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
 
*So, yes, I consider this image (and the various other images on my site) to be licensed under the GFDL and under CC-BY-SA (and also separately licensed for non-commercial use). However, when it comes to writing my own website, I am going to advise people that sticking GFDL and CC-BY-SA images in works is potentially a bad idea unless the entire work can be covered by these copyleft licenses. If one wants to be safe, CC-BY-SA images should only be used in CC-BY-SA works and similarly for GFDL images. [[User:Dragons flight|Dragons flight]] ([[User talk:Dragons flight|talk]]) 23:43, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
 
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**'''Withdrawn''' based on the above. --[[User:UserB|UserB]] ([[User talk:UserB|talk]]) 01:51, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
 
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