Editing Incubator escapee wiki:FAQ/Copyright (section)

===Non-commercial licenses=== 
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:There are many different kinds of non-commercial licenses, but generally they say something like ''You may use, copy, or distribute this work for non-commercial purposes''. 

:: ''Example: "Images contributed to this database by the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) may be reproduced for non-commercial purposes without asking permission from the COC or paying copyright royalty"''

:[[Jimmy Wales|Jimbo]] has prohibited the use of these<ref name=JW_1>[https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2005-May/023760.html Jimbo has prohibited the use of noncommercial-only images]</ref> and the Board of the Wikimedia Foundation passed an official resolution about this in 2007.<ref>[[:foundation:Resolution:Licensing policy|Resolution:Licensing policy]], the Wikimedia Foundation wiki.</ref> They may still be used under the doctrine of [[:WP:FAIR|fair use]] in the English Wikipedia; some other projects, such as the Spanish Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Commons, prohibit them entirely.