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

Matthew Flaschen matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu
Thu Aug 21 20:22:57 UTC 2008


Henning Schlottmann wrote:
> 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.

Such as?  Even assuming you are correct, we can still choose not to make
any more exceptions.

Matt Flaschen



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