2011/9/5 church.of.emacs.ml <church.of.emacs...@googlemail.com>: > > (Off-Topic post) > > On 09/04/2011 09:53 PM, Kim Bruning wrote: >> Also, de.wikipedia uses Commons 100% iirc. Commons also only >> hosts actual free (as in speech) images. Because -hey- that's >> their mission. > > That's almost correct :) > There are some exceptions due to a relative low "Threshold of > originality" for logos in German law. E.g. this is considered public > domain by German law (but not internationally, so Commons doesn't have > it): http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Laufendes-Auge_2.jpg
This image can certainly be covered by http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-EU-no_author_disclosure and therefore be used in Germany. Regards, Yann _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
