[ez77]

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[njs12345]

The license applies only if you use the PG trademark(for stuff in the public domain):

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[ez77]

My apologies for the confusion, then. It's also in the fine print (1.E.2.)... I feel like deleting my entry to avoid the noise. What to do? Downvote away, folks!

Edit: As an aside, PG could copyright their digitization of public-domain works, right?

[tghw]

Not without making significant changes to the content, no.