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描述Seal of Massachusetts.svg	English: Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
日期	Basic design adopted by Governor John Hancock and the Council on December 13, 1780 ^[1], present design adopted in 1901, rendered by E.H. Garrett
来源	Typeface and layout derived from 950 CMR 34.00: Commonwealth of Massachusetts Flags, Arms, and Seal Specifications, Coat of arms rendered from original artwork by E. H. Garrett, published in- (1901). "The Coat of Arms and Great Seal of Massachusetts". The New England Magazine XXIII (6): 623-635. Boston: Warren F. Kellogg. 本W3C状态不明的矢量图使用Inkscape创作 . 此向量图片包含有元素提取或采用自： Flag of Massachusetts.svg.
作者	Adaptation by User:Sagredo / E.H. Garrett
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was a Commonwealth of Massachusetts public record disseminated by a Commonwealth agency or the Massachusetts Archives. Massachusetts' Secretary of the Commonwealth has stated that such works can be copied and used for any purpose. This copyright does not extend to those records created, received, or under the custody of municipalities by M. G. L. c. 66, § 7, unless otherwise stated, nor does this apply to copy-written materials for commercial purposes received by employees of the Commonwealth.

Language describing permissions

A Guide to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, Published by William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Division of Public Records, (Updated January 2017) can be found at https://www.mass.gov/files/2017-06/Public%20Records%20Law.pdf and page 7 says:

"With the exception of situations in which a records custodian is withholding records pursuant to Exemption (n), inquiries into a requester's status or motivation for seeking information are expressly prohibited. ^[2] Consequently, all requests for public records, even if made for a commercial purpose or to assist the requester in a lawsuit against the holder of the records, must be honored in accordance with the Public Records Law."

↑ http://www.mass.gov/Aosc/docs/reports_audits/CAFR/2007/page_188.pdf
↑ See G. L. c. 66, § 10(a) (public records are to be provided to “any person”); see also 950 CMR 32.05(5) (custodian prohibited from inquiring into a requester’s status or motivation); but see G. L. c. 4, § 7(26)(n) (a records custodian may ask the requester to voluntarily provide additional information in order to reach a “reasonable judgment” regarding disclosure of responsive records).

Definition of "public record"

Public records are defined in A Guide to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, Published by William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Division of Public Records, (Updated January 2017) at https://www.mass.gov/files/2017-06/Public%20Records%20Law.pdf on page 40, under M. G. L. c. 4, § 7(26) as:

all books, papers, maps, photographs, recorded tapes, financial statements, statistical tabulations, or other documentary materials or data, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made or received by any officer or employee of any agency, executive office, department, board, commission, bureau, division or authority of the commonwealth, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of any authority established by the general court to serve a public purpose, or any person, corporation, association, partnership or other legal entity which receives or expends public funds for the payment or administration of pensions for any current or former employees of the commonwealth or any political subdivision as defined in section 1 of chapter 32, unless such materials or data fall within the following exemptions found on page 40

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Concerned wikipedia editors have noticed that the Commonwealth may make unfounded allegations that copyright protections exist for state regulations based on technical codes developed and copyrighted by private organizations. Where such works/allegations are concerned, {{PD-EdictGov}} and {{PD-US-Codes-and-Standards-as-Statutory-Law}} may be appropriate.

This template is based on official statements by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, which are not definitive in the way a statute or a court ruling is. This formal statement only speaks to public records held by the Massachusetts Archives, so the use of this template for public records of the Commonwealth sourced from individuals or groups not affiliated therewith is not encouraged.

This is consistent with the statement at http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ARC/arcres/residx.htm:

"Those records created by Massachusetts government agencies and institutions held by the Massachusetts Archives are not copyrighted and are available for public use. Copyright for materials submitted to state agencies may be held by the person or organization that created the document."

Note: Works that are considered "public records" but were not created by a state or municipal government agency may be copyrighted by their author; the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution prevents state law from overriding the author's right to copyright protection that is granted by federal law. For example, a state agency may post images online of the final appearance of a building under construction; while the images may be "public records", their creator (eg. architecture/construction firm) retains copyright rights to the image unless the contract with the agency says otherwise. See: Government-in-the-Sunshine Manual: To what extent does federal law preempt state law regarding public inspection of records?.
Disclaimer: The information provided, especially the list of agencies permitted to claim copyright, may not be complete. Wikimedia Commons makes no guarantee of the adequacy or validity of this information in this template (see disclaimer).

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原始上传日志

date/time	username	size	edit summary
00:30, 21 April 2009	User:Svgalbertian	353 KB	Made chain ring more visible.
00:16, 21 April 2009	User:Svgalbertian	355 KB	Fixed crop issue.
00:14, 21 April 2009	User:Svgalbertian	355 KB	Corrections, clean-up.
00:58, 3 March 2008	User:Sagredo	446 KB	{{Information \|Description=Seal of the State of Massachusetts \|Source= derived from http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cismaf/mf1a.htm \|Date=March 2008 \|Author=Sagredo \|Permission= \|other_versions= }} == Licensing == {{self\|GFDL\|cc-by-3.0}}
00:38, 3 March 2008	User:Sagredo	446 KB	{{Information \|Description=Seal of the State of Massachusetts \|Source= derived from http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cismaf/mf1a.htm \|Date=March 2008 \|Author=Sagredo \|Permission= \|other_versions= }} == Licensing == {{self\|GFDL\|cc-by-3.0}}
00:34, 3 March 2008	User:Sagredo	446 KB	{{Information \|Description=Seal of the State of Massachusetts \|Source= derived from http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cismaf/mf1a.htm \|Date=March 2008 \|Author=Sagredo \|Permission= \|other_versions= }}

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	日期/时间	大小	用户	备注
当前	2017年6月1日 (四) 18:08	448 × 448（450 KB）	Simtropolitan	Further adjustment to letters, fixed some width, spacing issues
	2017年5月24日 (三) 22:57	448 × 448（450 KB）	Simtropolitan	Sharpened and spaced lettering
	2017年5月24日 (三) 17:23	478 × 478（400 KB）	Simtropolitan	Replaced typeface based on the official regulations by Massachusetts Law, updated floral embellishment at top to better reflect original shape, removed chain links (besides sites, state and private, that have used the previous version given on Wikipedi...
	2011年10月10日 (一) 17:55	478 × 478（473 KB）	Simtropolitan	Thickened sword and fixed belt
	2011年10月9日 (日) 23:22	478 × 478（472 KB）	Simtropolitan	Re-rendered Native American/American Indian to match the specifications of the original coat of arms by E. H. Garrett adopted by the State Legislature in 1900. Replaced typeface with correctly-spaced serif, sword is based on the Myles Standish blade. Spac
	2011年7月25日 (一) 22:39	478 × 478（385 KB）	Fry1989	letters in motto, grr
	2011年7月25日 (一) 22:09	478 × 478（385 KB）	Fry1989	blue
	2011年7月25日 (一) 21:54	478 × 478（383 KB）	Fry1989	shield
	2009年5月18日 (一) 23:08	478 × 478（375 KB）	Svgalbertian	Fixed flourish at top.
	2009年5月17日 (日) 22:38	478 × 478（372 KB）	Svgalbertian	Fixed transparent Indian.