[WikiEN-l] Is a book cover in a Signpost book review an acceptable exemption from the non-free content policy?

I'd like to get a little wider input on this issue. Tony1 is reviewing a recent academic book about Wikipedia for the Signpost, and we'd like to include an image of the cover in the review: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Book_cover_O%27Sullivan.jpg Unfortunately, since the Signpost is project

Re: [WikiEN-l] Is a book cover in a Signpost book review an acceptable exemption from the non-free content policy?

On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Sage Ross ragesoss+wikipe...@gmail.com wrote: I'd like to get a little wider input on this issue.  Tony1 is reviewing a recent academic book about Wikipedia for the Signpost, and we'd like to include an image of the cover in the review:

Re: [WikiEN-l] Is a book cover in a Signpost book review an acceptable exemption from the non-free content policy?

Greg, I agree with much of your analysis, but depart at a few points. On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 5:17 PM, Gregory Maxwell gmaxw...@gmail.com wrote: snip The only justification for including any non-free works on english wikipedia is that doing so is widely accepted to be a necessity (on EN, at

Re: [WikiEN-l] Is a book cover in a Signpost book review an acceptable exemption from the non-free content policy?

Could this all simply be resolved by the publishers releasing a _thumbnail-sized version_ of the book cover under a Wikipedia-compatible license? -- Neil ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list,

Re: [WikiEN-l] Is a book cover in a Signpost book review an acceptable exemption from the non-free content policy?

Brilliant idea. :) -Durova On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 5:12 PM, Neil Harris n...@tonal.clara.co.uk wrote: Could this all simply be resolved by the publishers releasing a _thumbnail-sized version_ of the book cover under a Wikipedia-compatible license? -- Neil