On Monday 18 January 2010 15:42:08 Rob Oakes wrote:
> Hi Pavel,
> 
> Perhaps I misunderstand then.  Many of the images I linked to are no longer
> copyrighted.  You can use them in any way you want without restriction. 
>  The only requirement I'm aware of is that you credit the creator of the
>  image.

If that's a requirement, then I doubt they're out of copyright. You can do 
absolutely anything with public domain stuff, including rolling it into your 
proprietary products without attribution.
> 
> In this case, attribution is to avoid plagiarism rather than to specify
>  some sort of legal rights holder.  

Oh, you mean your publisher demands attribution, not the original author. 
That's different.

Anyway, I'm not a lawyer.

STevET

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