File talk:George Deukmejian Official Portrait.jpg

California state web policy
I understand that the public domain license was chosen because the "conditions of use" seems to imply that material found on CA websites are generally public domain, based on this: http://www.library.ca.gov/use.html#ownership
 * OWNERSHIP
 * In general, information presented on this web site, unless otherwise indicated, is considered in the public domain. It may be distributed or :copied as permitted by law.

But the very next sentence says:
 * However, the State does make use of copyrighted data (e.g., photographs) which may require additional permissions prior to your use.

This seems to indicate a distinction between "information" and "data", and images don't seem to be under public domain. --Mosmof (talk) 19:25, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Image:George Deukmejian Official Portrait.jpg
I understand that the public domain license was chosen because the "conditions of use" seems to imply that material found on CA websites are generally public domain, based on this: http://www.library.ca.gov/use.html#ownership
 * OWNERSHIP
 * In general, information presented on this web site, unless otherwise indicated, is considered in the public domain. It may be distributed or copied as permitted by law.

But the very next sentence says:
 * However, the State does make use of copyrighted data (e.g., photographs) which may require additional permissions prior to your use.

This seems to indicate a distinction between "information" and "data", and images don't seem to be under public domain. Mosmof (talk) 20:54, 5 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Information and data are synonymous in this case. A hallmark of good writing is the use of a varied vocabulary, rather than repetition of the same words.  More generally, information can be said to be meaningful data.
 * The item in question is a portrait of the Governor of California, produced for hire by the State of California, owned by the State of California, and presented to the public by the publicly-funded California State Capitol Museum (which, despite its name, is the seat of the California State Assembly) in Sacramento. The text quoted above says it all: information is in the public domain unless otherwise indicated.
 * The image, as it stands, meets the criteria for inclusion. The nominator of this image for deletion has entirely ignored any means by which to dialogue with me to resolve their concerns.  In addition to its being premature, this report is unsupported by the facts. --SSBohio 00:14, 6 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep; if it says "PD unless otherwise indicated", and it's not otherwise indicated, it would seem to be PD. Note, however, that information and data are very distinct concepts; see, for example, the Irish Data Protection Acts. Stifle (talk) 12:40, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Kept - Garion96 (talk) 19:26, 29 December 2008 (UTC)