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poured in about what the money could be used for. Some users suggested that the money be used to try and reduce copyright terms, but Wales noted that the money was not for general use, and would be handled by an outside party, not the Wikimedia Foundation. Other suggestions included a variety of
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No specific information is available on the source of such a fund, or on a timetable for the fund's development. Wales did note that he wished for the fund to be sustainable, and was open to suggestions on how to ensure this.
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This is a wonderful news story, one of the best I have read for quite some time. I am excited that a donor is willing to contribute such a large sum of money toward the free content movement.
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indicating its status stays on the image for seven days. Previously, such images were marked as replaceable, but weren't as easily deletable unless a free alternative was added.
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discussed a possible scenario—what copyrighted works would the Knowledge (XXG) community want purchased and released under a free license, with a budget of
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In a marginally related area, fair use images, where a free image could easily be generated to replace them, can now be deleted after a
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100 million? Wales indicated that an anonymous donor might be willing to purchase a number of works and freely license them.
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images, books, textbooks, encyclopedias, fonts, newspapers, and other sources.
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