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''See also [[/FAQ|Appropriately Licensed FAQ]]''

''See also [[/FAQ|Appropriately Licensed FAQ]]''

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[[Commons:Licensing|Commons licensing policy]] currently asks uploaders to not pick impractical and unsuitable licences, such as the GFDL, GPL and LGPL, as the only licence choice for images. This proposal takes this further to disallow new uploads where the licence choices are impractical for reuse because they are inappropriate for the media type. Such licence choices, once a necessity, are now only being made by those who wish to restrict reuse of their work. This does not help Commons build a repository of [[:en:free content|free content]]. Our aim is to ensure all content is usable ''by anyone, anytime, for any purpose''. This proposal is an application of requirement that all [http://freedomdefined.org/Definition Free Cultural Works] that users can "legally and ''practically'' exercise" their rights, without the need to contact the owner or consult a lawyer.
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[[Commons:Licensing|Commons licensing policy]] currently asks uploaders to not pick impractical and unsuitable licences, such as the GFDL, GPL and LGPL, as the only licence choice for images. This proposal takes this further to ''disallow new uploads'' where the licence choices are impractical for reuse because they are inappropriate for the media type. Such licence choices, once a necessity, are now only being made by those who wish to restrict reuse of their work. This does not help Commons build a repository of [[:en:free content|free content]]. Our aim is to ensure all content is usable ''by anyone, anytime, for any purpose''. This proposal is an application of requirement that all [http://freedomdefined.org/Definition Free Cultural Works] that users can "legally and ''practically'' exercise" their rights, without the need to contact the owner or consult a lawyer.

We propose to add a new "Appropriately licensed" section to [[Commons:Licensing|Commons licensing policy]], and to add ''appropriately licensed'' as part of the definition of what is an "acceptable licence" on Commons. The key text is highlighted in colour.

We propose to add a new "Appropriately licensed" section to [[Commons:Licensing|Commons licensing policy]], and to add ''appropriately licensed'' as part of the definition of what is an "acceptable licence" on Commons. The key text is highlighted in colour.

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