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The text below is from the discussion page in Commons, for reference. Thomas Blomberg 04:55, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Discussion from Commons page

http://www.vv.se/templates/page3____2947.aspx says that the images can't be used commercially, but that refers to the press images. There's no special note that road signs are not copyrighted, but probably they are inegible of copyright anyway? /Grillo 17:19, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

I have emailed the Swedish road aministration. /Grillo 17:27, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

I got an answer from the road administration today. "Vägmärkena har ingen copyright och är fria att sprida. Den begränsningen som skulle kunna vara aktuell är att man får inte sätta upp något i trafikmiljön som kan förväxlas med ett vägmärke. (Vägmärkesförordningen 1978:1001, 85 §)" This roughly means that the images are not copyrighted, the only limit could be that they can't be put on the roads to confuse drivers with real road signs. "Vägmärkesförordningen 1978:1001, 85 §" is the applicable law. It just applies to the road signs though, not the other images on the website! /Grillo 22:51, 7 February 2006 (UTC)