[pd-discuss] Contact between Wikimedia Foundation and Wellcome Trust regarding image collections?

Sun Jan 16 15:51:11 UTC 2011

On 01/15/2011 10:27 PM, Michael S. Hart wrote:
>
> I just think that materials released for "all but commercial
> applications" should be included in any public domain online
> site. . .with the appropriate identification as such. . . .
>
> No reason to leave them out.

Other than that they are not public domain.

> I should add that thousands of Project Gutenberg files would
> have to be eliminated under such a policy as I thought was a
> suggestion earlier. . .as they are copyrighted.

If they are copyrighted they are not in the public domain and it would 
be misleading to claim that they are.

Project Gutenberg makes no such claim so I don't understand what the 
problem might be.

- Rob.