Commons:Deletion requests/File:David Garrity (32500068280).png

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This deletion discussion is now closed. Please do not make any edits to this archive. You can read the deletion policy or ask a question at the Village pump. If the circumstances surrounding this file have changed in a notable manner, you may re-nominate this file or ask for it to be undeleted.

File:David Garrity (32500068280).png

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A Public Domain Mark (PDM) here on flickr is incompatible with Common's licensing policies. The copyright owner retains full control over this image and does not give away any rights. Commons can be sued by the copyright owner. PDM is not really a license and therefore is not permitted on Commons except where it can be shown that the image is PD for known reasons such as a US Government image. See this flickr license table, where Commons can generally only take flickr images with Attribution, Attribution-ShareAlike or public domain dedication licenses. With the PDM license, the copyright owner still owns full rights over the image...and the license is revocable by the copyright owner. Leoboudv (talk) 06:59, 14 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The creator released the image into the Public Domain, which is why the Flickr PD licence (which is an automatic deletion nomination) was removed and replaced with the current (and correct) licence. The licence was confirmed with the Flickr stream owner as it was uploaded on their behalf (thanks to Flickr2Commons failing to handle PNG files correctly).
If you had asked before nominating, with your patronising drivel, I could have saved you the trouble of nominating it. Nick (talk) 10:53, 14 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Nick: Then ask the license owner to change the license to either Attribution, Attribution ShareAlike or public domain dedication on flickr and it will be kept. Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 15:05, 16 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
They can't change the licence to CC-BY or CC-BY-SA when they've already released it into the public domain. I will ask, when they're next online, that they change the PD to CC-0 to keep you from complaining further. Nick (talk) 15:16, 16 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • The public domain dedication (CCO) is PD too and OK for Commons. But PD-Mark is not really a free license since it has no legal effect and the copyright owner can withdraw from it at will. See this Deletion Request decided by an Administrator. This is not a problem with CC0. Best, --Leoboudv (talk) 15:51, 16 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment: The uploader, Nick, will ask the copyright owner to change the image license to cc0 or 'public domain dedication' on flickr. Perhaps this DR can be postponed to February 28, 2016 in good faith to give him a bit more time to contact the copyright owner. Best, --Leoboudv (talk) 23:20, 19 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted: per nomination. The uploader hasn't returned, the file is now unused. I'll undelete it if they return, need the file and agree to fix the licensing. There's no point in keeping the DR open in the hope the author returns. --Nick (talk) 23:29, 19 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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