Commons:Deletion requests/File:The London Gazette 28314.pdf

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File:The London Gazette 28314.pdf

The listed source does not give a clear copyright release for the scans under an open license (such as OGL). The underlying work is Crown Copyright and is not disputed. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 13:05, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Also affected - File:The London Gazette 9198.djvu Category:The London Gazette 1836‎ Category:The London Gazette 1837‎ Category:The London Gazette 1901‎

If someone's willing to do the legwork The London Gazzette has a contact form here - http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/about/contact-us ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 13:10, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep No new copyright is created by the mechanical act of scanning. See Commons:Reuse of PD-Art photographs#United Kingdom .2F UK: "Of course, a raw unenhanced scan or photocopy of a PD illustration in an old book is OK, as purely mechanical copying cannot even in the UK create a new copyright.". - Htonl (talk) 13:25, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Regardless of copyright that is or isn't created from the act of scanning, the new Gazette website www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/content/104 states "The Gazette is a rich source of open data that is free to access, use and re-purpose. All data held within The Gazette publications, unless stated otherwise, is Crown Copyright and is therefore free for you to use under the Open Government Licence." so it's especially clear now and there's no issues with uploading any Gazette, right up to the present day, it would seem. Rant: It would be good if all UK Government websites, Flickr feeds and the like could actually start singing from the same OGL hymn sheet, I'm getting rather fed up with all the GOV.UK websites being under the OGL, but Flickr feeds being licenced under CC-BY-NC-ND and similar licences, with next to no response when asking our beloved civil servants to re-licence to CC-BY or confirm various Flickr feeds are under the OGL licence. Nick (talk) 13:31, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

In light of that discovery I have added the {{OGL}} tag to the file. - Htonl (talk) 13:40, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

'Withdrawn, pending confirmation... ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 15:58, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Kept: as above. Yann (talk) 11:45, 20 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]