On Thu, May 15, 2008 11:10 am, Jastrow wrote:
The German Wikipedia has a {{Bild-PD-alt-100}}
template which states
something like "the period of protection for this work has likely
expired according to the provisions of German law and therefore is
considered as PD". See
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorlage:Bild-PD-alt-100
This template is quite a nice and useful tool for the german wikipedia, since they are
creating an
encyclopaedia. However, the project goal of commons is to become a repository of free
media, so we
should be really concerned about the actual copyright status of files and not only about
the
probability of legal steps against the uploader or the foundation.
While talking about this deletion request, I just want to add that Yann, Checkuser and
Admin,
behaved in a most flagrant way and misused is sysop rights not only against consensus but
also in
his own interest. Sad.
regards,
Codeispoetry