2007/8/3, Uber Halogen uberhalogen@googlemail.com:
On 02/08/2007, Ejdzej Wikipedysta ejdzej.wikipedysta@gmail.com wrote:
Today "Rzeczpospolita" daily newspaper (one of most popular daily in Poland) put an article with lawyer analysis prooving that Polish money as "governmetal signs" are excluded from copyright.
Article in Polish: http://ejdzej.webpark.pl/wiki/Prawo-znaki_pieniezne.jpg
Could we possibly use that opinion to restore images of Polish coins and bills on Commons?
IIRC one of the reasons money was removed is because even if the money is not copyrighted there all still 'unfree' restrictions imposed upon it. For example if you printed it out you could probably get prosecuted.
If you print a PD picture on a piece of class, you could probably be prosecuted if you kill someone using that picture. :) (just a joke)
Barcex