Klaus Graf wrote:
There are opinions on Commons that Moeller's
statement in this list
("[W]e've consistently held that faithful reproductions of
two-dimensional public domain works which are nothing more than
reproductions should be considered public domain for licensing
purposes") has been "overruled" by Mike Godwin's statement (which was
adressed on a Wikisource case)
There are some existing guidelines at this page:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:When_to_use_the_PD-Art_tag
The short answer is that it depends on the country. Bridgeman-like rules
hold in the United States, Germany, Poland, Japan, and Switzerland,
among other countries, but do not hold in all countries.
-Mark