2011/9/5 church.of.emacs.ml church.of.emacs.ml@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