[Foundation-l] Personal Image Filter results announced

Yann Forget yannfo at gmail.com
Mon Sep 5 08:29:54 UTC 2011


2011/9/5 church.of.emacs.ml <church.of.emacs.ml at 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



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