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Seven 2006/2007 discussions organized as subpages, ignoringincl. comments added in 2014:

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Old orphan works

The recently added section Commons:Licensing#Old orphan works fails to define "orphan works," nor does it link to any such definition. Pinging @Yann. - Jmabel ! talk 14:40, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

I don't know where discussion should be centalized, but I chose to post a comment in response to notice at Commons:Village_pump/Copyright#Old_orphan_works —RP88 (talk) 14:46, 22 August 2023 (UTC).

I just came here to write that too. I've continued at COM:VPC. --Rosenzweig τ 17:36, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

Orphan work is very well defined in Wikipedia. I added a link. Yann (talk) 19:26, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

See the COM:VPC discussion for why I think this does goes against Wikimedia Commons' principle of only accepting free content. --Rosenzweig τ 19:58, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

There is no need to duplicate the discussion, so I answered on COM:VPC. Yann (talk) 21:07, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

Algerian laws

Hi y'all,

For the record, I started a discussion about to the PD-Algeria templates here Commons talk:Copyright rules by territory/Algeria. All help and advice is welcome there.

Cheers, VIGNERON (talk) 13:56, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

The License of This Logo is Questionable

File:UniZg.png

The uploader stated that this file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication, however, the source website (the university's official website) does not claim that the logo is released to public domain. The logo is also unlikely to be created by the uploader. Benjamin Ceci (talk) 15:08, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

Should we nominate for deletion and move to Wikipedia for fair use? Benjamin Ceci (talk) 15:09, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

Zagreb University. MDCLXIX = 1669. When was this seal first used? Glrx (talk) 17:08, 26 September 2023 (UTC)