[Foundation-l] PD-art and official "position of the WMF"

Henning Schlottmann h.schlottmann at gmx.net
Thu Aug 21 18:01:41 UTC 2008


Matthew Flaschen wrote:

> That is not the only alternative.  Commons:Licensing
> (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Licensing) states, "that are
> in the public domain in at least the United States *and* in the source
> country of the work."  However, this change to PD-art policy is a
> significant departure from that.

As have been a few others before. The rule you quote above has some
established exceptions, PD-art is just one of them.

Ciao Henning




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