User talk:Henry W. Schmitt~enwikisource

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Again, welcome! John Vandenberg 02:09, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Kiribati

Do you plan to add more works into Category:Constitution of Kiribati ? I suggest you create "Category:Kiribati" as a subcategory of Category:Works by country. John Vandenberg 03:34, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

I removed your ref because there is no need to record the source of a text on the page. The source is usually recorded on the talk page, and you have already done this.

Similar to Commons, all pages on Wikisource must have a license tag. Who is the author of Constitution of Kiribati, when was it written, and are there any special copyright issues related to this work? John Vandenberg 06:28, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

The best approach is to look for the applicable copyright act of Kiribati, and read it. You want to find how it treats works by the government of Kiribati. For example, the copyright act of Australia specifically states that all works of the Australian government are copyright for 50 years from the date of publication. In a lot of countries, the copyright act explicitly excludes copyright over certain works of or related to the government; e.g. {{PD-INGov}}.

My opinion is that constitutions, laws, etc of foreign countries are not copyright according to the principle behind {{PD-EdictGov}}, however copyright is a minefield, especially international copyright. That tag currently doesnt mention "foreign", due to this discussion:

Wikisource:Scriptorium/Archives/2005/12#No_Edicts_of_Government.2C_Domestic_or_Foreign.2C_are_Eligible_for_Copyright_in_the_U.S. ::John Vandenberg 07:26, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

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23:26, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

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06:44, 21 April 2015 (UTC)