Can I use wikipedia/commons images to create a logo for my program?

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Published on 2012-05-29T16:31:44Z Indexed on 2012/07/09 15:24 UTC
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I'm not perfectly clear on the implications of the GFDL for reusing pictures in this manner. Would adding a reference in the git's root folder's README suffice, or would that clutter every use of the logo, as you would have to attribute all original contributors on every single usage (like, e.g. presentations, flyers, websites, ...)?

The software itself qualifies as FOSS, although it doesn't have a GNU* license.

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