I guess I'll step in here a bit. As a contributor to the Public Domain (both content and labor), I see no problem with using someone elses's pro bono publico contribution. They granted that right when they made the P.D. contribution.
We can quibble over the legality of the scanning and proofing Starrigger used, (legality of the scanner, not Starrigger, who owned the copyright) but the scanner made it available pro bono, and knew that when he did it.
No moral problem for Starrigger, he just used labor freely given.....
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