User:Remember the dot/Myths about non-free media

I would like to dispel some popular myths about non-free content, particularly explicitly written non-free use rationales. These are not my opinions; they are just the facts.

Myth: Explicit use rationales are required by law.
 * False. Neither fair use nor fair dealing laws require an explicit use rationale.

Myth: Explicit use rationales are required by the GNU Free Documentation License.
 * False. The GFDL permits inclusion of fair use content without explicit use rationales.

Myth: Explicit use rationales are required by the Wikimedia Foundation.
 * False. According to Kat Walsh, a member of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, the foundation is satisfied with just a boilerplate license tag.

Myth: You can use Wikimedia logos however you want.
 * False. According to Mike Godwin, the Wikimedia foundation's legal counsel, Wikimedia logos may be used in nominative fair use only.