Jules Verne map collection

An international cadre of volunteers have collected all the maps that appeared in the original editions. They're beautiful.

Weirdly, the volunteers who scanned these in have added this to their page: "These maps may not be reproduced for commercial purposes." Given that the maps are in the public domain, and that scanning a public domain image doesn't make it yours, I don't know why they think they can dictate the terms on which these are used. We all benefit from the public domain and no one has the right to tell you what you can and can't do with it. Might as well post the text of "Hamlet" and say, "This text may not be used for commercial purposes." Sez who?

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(Thanks, Robbo!)