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Free licenses
Free content is free as in freedom. This page links to some of the most popular licenses for releasing such content.
Any-purpose
- {{Attribution}} — Requires attribution
- {{Trainweb}} — Images from TrainWeb, allowable if www.trainweb.com is printed near the photo. [1]
- {{Ubisoft-screenshot}} — User-made screenshots of software copyrighted by Ubisoft, allowable as long as attribution to Ubisoft (present in this template) is provided.
BSD
These licenses generally require that licensees attribute the work as specified by the copyright-holder (licensor).
- {{cc-by}} — Attribution 1.0 license.
- {{cc-by-2.0}} — Attribution 2.0 license.
- {{cc-by-2.5|Attribution}} — Attribution 2.5 license, with attribution as specified by the Attribution parameter.
- {{cc-by-2.5-in}} — Attribution 2.5 India license based on Indian law.
- {{ABr}} — A photo copyrighted by Agência Brasil
- {{cc-sa}} — ShareAlike 1.0 license.
- {{cc-by-sa}} — Attribution-Sharealike 1.0 license.
- {{cc-by-sa-2.0}} — Attribution-Sharealike 2.0 license.
- {{cc-by-sa-2.5|Attribution}} — Attribution-Sharealike 2.5 license, with attribution as specified by the Attribution parameter.
- {{cc-by-sa-2.5-in}} — Attribution-Sharealike 2.5 India license based on Indian law.
- {{cc-by-3.0}} — Attribution 3.0 license
- {{Kremlin.ru}} - Images from Kremlin.ru, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0.
- {{cc-by-sa-3.0}} — Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 license.
Other Creative Commons licenses exist but are non-free for use in Wikipedia. See Non-free Creative Commons licenses for a full list and explanation.
Free Art license (License Art Libre)
GNU
MIT
- {{MIT|Copyright holder}} — MIT License. This tag is designed for MIT images licensed by others (usually as part of a software package). Do not use it to tag images you created yourself, since the MIT license is intended to be applied to software, not images. You may wish to use {{cc-by-2.0}} instead, which has a similar intent but is worded more appropriately for images. You also have the option of a share-alike license, such as {{GFDL}} or {{cc-by-sa}}.
Mozilla
Public domain
Remember that most images you find on the Web are not public domain, even if they list no explicit copyright information. Images only qualify as being in the public domain if they fall under certain specific categories described below — very old works, works by certain government employees, and works where an explicit disclaimer of copyright has been made in writing by the author.
For a simple chart on US Public Domain regulations (Wikipedia servers are located in the US and fall under US guidelines) see the chart here.
General
- {{OldOS}} — for maps and sections of maps taken from Ordnance Survey (OS) maps over 50 years old.
- {{PD-flag-50}} — for images of national, governmental, or historical flags out of copyright in those countries with copyright terms of life of the author plus 50 years
- {{PD-flag-70}} — for images of national, governmental, or historical flags out of copyright in those countries with copyright terms of life of the author plus 70 years
- {{PD-flag-100}} — for images of national, governmental, or historical flags out of copyright in those countries with copyright terms of life of the author plus 100 years
- {{PD-font}} — for images that consist solely of rasterized characters from one or more typefaces.
- {{PD-ineligible}} — for images that are inherently ineligible for copyright protection because they are based exclusively on common knowledge with no element of creativity. An example would be Image:F Major key signature.png or things like multiplication tables. If you have any doubts, please ask.
- {{PD-old}} — for images where the author died more than 100 years ago (1908). (Note: not where the work, image, or subject is 100 or more years old)
- {{PD-US}} — for images published in the U.S. before 1923 or in some other cases.
- {{PD-US-1923-abroad}} - for images first published outside of the U.S. before 1923.
- {{PD-US-1996}} - for images first published outside of the U.S. from 1923 to 1977 (inclusive), but PD in the foreign source country on January 1, 1996. For the precise rules, see the template text.
- {{PD-old-50}} — for images where the author (e.g., photographer, painter, graphic artist) died more than 50 years ago (1957). (Note: not where the work, image, or subject is 50 or more years old.)
- {{PD-old-70}} — for images where the author (e.g., photographer, painter, graphic artist) died more than 70 years ago (1937). (Note: not where the work, image, or subject is 70 or more years old.)
- {{PD-stamp}} — for postage stamps known to be in the public domain for whatever reason, such as age, or because the issuing authority explicitly puts stamps in the public domain (US before 1978, Faeroes).
- {{Stamp-PD-US-1923-abroad}} - for images of postage stamps first published outside of the U.S. before 1923 and therefore PD in the U.S.
- {{PD-Pre1978}} — for images published in the United States prior to 1978 without explicit notice of "copyright, year, owner" or "©" attached.
- {{PD-Pre1964}} — for images published in the United States prior to 1964 for which copyright was not renewed within 28 years of the date of publication
- {{PD-EU-no author disclosure}} — for images published more than 70 years ago without an attached claim of authorship.
Dedications
These tags are used for an author to attempt to release their work into the public domain, disclaiming any copyright. See Wikipedia: Granting work into the public domain.
- {{PD-link}} — a statement intended to release a contributor's own work into public domain and request an entirely optional link back to Wikipedia from anyone reproducing it
- {{PD-self}} — a statement intended to release a contributor's own work into public domain
- {{PD-user|username}} — a statement intended to release a particular user's own work into public domain by a Wikipedian. For Wikipedians not on the English Wikipedia, use {{PD-user|username|language code}} where the language code is the two-character ISO 639-2 code (lowercase) that corresponds to the language of the Wikipedia where the user has an account.
- {{PD-retouched-user|username}} — remarking that a previous PD work has been digitally enhanced, and re-released into public domain by a Wikipedian.
- {{PD-user-nodisclaimers|username}} - — a statement intended to release a particular user's own work into public domain by a Wikipedian with no disclaimers.
- {{PD-author|name}} — stating that the work is released into the public domain by its author, whose name is given
Art
- {{PD-art}} — for images of 2-D (flat) works of art where the artist died more than 100 years ago.
- {{PD-art-life-50}} — for images of 2-D (flat) works of art published in the United States before 1923 where the artist died more than 50 years ago.
- {{PD-art-life-70}} — for images of 2-D (flat) works of art where the artist died more than 70 years ago.
- {{PD-art-US}} — for images of 2-D (flat) works of art published prior to 1923.
- {{PD-art-3d}} - for images of 3-D works of art where the artist died more than 100 years ago. This license ONLY covers the work of art. Photographic reproductions of 3-d objects attract their own copyright, therefore the appropriate image licensing tag should be used in addition.
- {{PD-art-70-3d}} - for images of 3-D works of art where the artist died 70 or more years ago. This license ONLY covers the work of art. Photographic reproductions of 3-d objects attract their own copyright, therefore the appropriate image licensing tag should be used in addition.
Intergovernmental
- {{PD-Hubble}} — for public domain images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope as described on [2] and [3]
- {{PD-PubMed}} - for public domain images from PubMed, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health [4]
- {{PD-UN}} - for public information material designed primarily to inform the public about United Nations activities, not including public information material that is offered for sale
- {{UN map}} - for UN maps in particular. The image should not claim to be a UN map, only to be based on one, and the original reference number should not be included.
- {{PD-USGov}} - For works produced by an employee of the United States government in the performance of his or her duties. This blanket exemption does not apply to content published by other American governments, such as state, county, or city governments, who hold copyright unless they disclaim it.
- {{PD-US-patent}} - In general, the contents of United States patents are in the public domain.[5] In specific cases, patent applicants and holders may claim copyright in portions of those documents. In those specific cases, applicants are required to identify the portions that are protected under copyright, and are additionally required to state the following within the body of the application and patent:[6] [7]
Other countries
Whenever an image is tagged using one of these tags, the image description page should also contain some rationale as to whether and why the image is presumed to be in the public domain in the U.S., too! See also {{PD-US-1996}}, which can be used to state that the copyright on the image was not restored by the URAA.
- {{PD-AR-Photo}} — for photographies first registered in Argentina over 25 years ago. (Law 11.723, Article 34)
- {{PD-Australia}} — for published photographs where the creator has died at least 70 years ago, or photographs taken prior to 1955.
- {{PD-AustraliaGov}} — for works published by the Australian government or held under Crown Copyright in Australia more than 50 years ago.
- {{PD-AzGov}} - for official signs and emblems of Azerbaijan.
- {{PD-Bangladesh}} — for photographs published in Bangladesh over 60 years ago.
- {{PD-BrazilGov}} — for "Brazilian official symbols" i.e. flags and symbols.
- {{PD-Brazil-no author disclosure}} — for images published more than 70 years ago with neither an attached nor subsequent claim of authorship.
- {{PD-BritishGov}} — for images created by the British Government and published prior to 1956.
- {{PD-Canada}} — for Canadian photographs not subject to Crown copyright taken before 1949.
- {{PD-China}} — for photographs taken in China over 50 years ago, or for non-photographic images where the author died more than 50 years ago.
- {{PD-Col}} - for all "works of art and literature" in Colombia whose creators died more than 80 years ago, for "folkloric works" or unknown authors, and for works whose creators had renounced to rights
- {{PD-CzechGov}} — for state symbols and symbols of other self-governing units.
- {{PD-Coa-Germany}} — for coats of arms of German corporations governed by public law ("Körperschaften des öffentlichen Rechts"). Note that while the design is free their use is restricted
- {{PD-GermanGov}} — for statutes, ordinances, official decrees or judgments issued by a German federal or state authority, or court
- {{PD-HK}} for images and photographs taken in Hong Kong where the author died more than 50 years ago, or unknown authorship works which were published over 50 years.
- {{PD-India}} — for photographs, audio and videos first published by Indian citizens or the Indian government (and international organisations, per section 29) prior to 1947-01-01. See section 25 here.
- {{PD-Iran}} — for works first published in Iran where all the authors have died more than 30 years ago, or photos or movies first published in Iran and published more than 30 years ago.
- {{PD-Ireland}} — for works first published in the Republic of Ireland where all the authors died over 70 calendar years ago, or if the authors are not known, where the works were published over 70 calendar years ago. [8]
- {{PD-IrelandGov}} - for works created by the Irish government or Oireachtas more than 50 years ago.
- {{PD-Israel-FOP}} - for photographs of a work of sculpture or artistic craftsmanship, if permanently situated in a public place or building in Israel.
- {{PD-Israel-Photo}} — for photographs taken in Israel or the British Mandate of Palestine over 50 years ago.
- {{PD-IsraelGov-Military-Army}} — for photographs taken in Israel, by a member of the Israeli Defence Force.
- {{PD-Italy}} — for photographs taken in Italy over 20 years ago, or artistic photos taken over 70 years ago.
- {{PD-Japan-Film}} — for Japanese films and images therefrom produced in 1953 or earlier
- {{PD-Lebanon}}
- {{PD-LithuaniaGov}} — Republic of Lithuania Law on Copyright and Related Rights says: "Copyright shall not apply to official State symbols and insignia (flags, coat-of-arms, anthems, banknote designs, and other State symbols and insignia)."
- {{PD-MalaysiaGov}} — for works of the government of Malaysia first published more than 50 years ago.
- {{PD-MD-exempt}} — Law of the Republic of Moldova on copyright and neighbouring rights (Chapter II, Art. 7b) states: "Copyright shall not extend to State emblems and official signs (flags, armorial bearings, decorations, monetary signs, etc.)"
- {{PD-Netherlands}} — for works published in the Netherlands, Dutch East Indies, or Netherlands New Guinea over 70 years after the following January 1 when the work was published and works published by authors who died more than 70 years after the next January 1 of the author's death.
- {{PD-NZ}} - for works made in New Zealand whose author died more than 50 years ago.
- {{PD-Pakistan}} — for photographs taken in Pakistan over 50 years ago, or for non-photographic images where the author died more than 50 years ago.
- {{PD-Philippines}} — for works whose copyrights have already expired, released into the public domain, or ineligible for copyright as stated by Philippine copyright law.
- {{PD-PhilippinesPubDoc}} — for official public documents (or portions thereof) made in the Philippines of a legislative, administrative or judicial nature.
- {{PD-Poland}} — for Polish photographs published in Poland without a copyright notice prior to May 23, 1994.
- {{PD-PolishGov}} — for Polish government documents, materials, signs and symbols.
- {{PD-ROC}} - for photographs taken in Taiwan or the Republic of China over 50 years ago, or for non-photographic images where the author died more than 50 years ago.
- {{PD-ROC-GOV}} - For works of the ROC Government under the terms of Article 9 of the Copyright Act of the Republic of China is public domain.
- {{PD-RomaniaGov}} — for Romanian state symbols and symbols of public authorities and organisation, and for Romanian currencies
- {{PD-RU-exempt}} — exempt from copyright protection under the Russian law as per tag text.
- {{PD-South-Africa}} — For works published in South Africa that are more than 50 years old.
- {{PD-Sweden}} for public domain images taken by Swedish photographers before 1944
- {{PD-Thailand}} — for works of which copyright has expired in Thailand.
- {{PD-TH-exempt}} — for works exempt from copyright protection under Thai law as per tag text.
- {{PD-UA-exempt}} — exempt from copyright protection under Ukrainan law as per tag text.
- {{PD-BY-exempt}} — exempt from copyright protection under the law of the Republic of Belarus. [9]
- {{PD-VenezuelaGov}} — for "Venezuelan official symbols" i.e. flags and symbols.
- {{PD-Yugoslavia}} - exempt from copyright protection by the Agreement on succession issues; Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia, the Republic of Slovenia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, being in sovereign equality the five successor States to the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, have agreed in Vienna on 29th of June 2001. The Agreement came to power on 2004-03-25. [10]
Other
New Zealand government
Almost everything is covered by either regular copyright, or if it is a public service department, by Crown copyright, which in New Zealand has a 100-year term under Section 26(3)(b) of the Copyright Act 1994. This puts most recent material out of bounds. However, there is an exception to these provisions for some documents:
- {{PD-NZSection27}} — for works created by some New Zealand government entities, which are covered by Section 27(1) of the Copyright Act 1994 [12]. The section excludes from copyright protection the following NZ works: Bills, Acts, regulations, municipal bylaws, Hansard, select committee reports, court judgments, Royal commission reports, commission of inquiry reports, ministerial inquiry reports and statutory inquiry reports. Note that sourcing these from a third party provider that, say, annotated Acts, is dangerous — they would have copyright in those annotations, and/or copyright in a new typographical arrangement [13].
Deprecated
- {{PD}} — Non-specific public domain tag. Use a more specific one from the list above instead.
- {{PD-Russia}} - Used for works that were public domain under the Russian copyright law of 1993. Obsolete as of 1 January 2008 due to new Russian legislation.
United States government
- {{money-US}}—for images of the official currency of the United States. These are in the public domain. (See also {{money}}.)
- {{PD-art-US}}—for images of works of art published in the United States prior to 1923.
- {{PD-US-flag}}—for images of U.S. state, federal district, or insular area flags
- {{PD-US}}—for copyright-expired images in the US (mainly those published pre-1923). Also for works not eligible for copyright under US law. (May be preferable in some cases vs. {{PD-old}} for US-originating images.)
- {{PD-Pre1978}} — for images published in the United States prior to 1978 without explicit notice of "copyright, year, owner" or "©" attached.
- {{PD-US-patent}}—for images from descriptions of US patents. These are in the public domain, though the actual inventions depicted might be encumbered by patents. [14] This does not prevent us from describing them, since we are not trying to construct or sell the inventions.
USA federal government images
Note. There is an upload form for items "from a U.S. federal government source." It is linked from Wikipedia:Upload. If you use one of these tags there don't forget the {{double curly brackets}} on each end of the tag!
USA military public domain images
Non-free content
Copyrighted media files may be used in Wikipedia articles on a limited basis, provided they satisfy both the legal test for fair use and Wikipedia's own guidelines for non-free content, found at Wikipedia:Non-free content. Each image or audio file has an image page where any fair use concerns must be addressed. For non-free content, each image page must include:
- A copyright tag to claim fair use. Wikipedia's file upload function and wizard each help editors choose an appropriate tag. A list is below. Non-free images that meet Wikipedia's policy but do not fit into any of the categories below should use the tag {{Non-free fair use in|Article}}.
- A statement describing the source of the media.
- A separate "non-free use rationale" for each use in a Wikipedia article. Instructions, guidelines, samples, and templates are available at Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline.
Please note: Copyrighted images that reasonably can be replaced by free images may not be used on Wikipedia.
Categories
Audio and music
Cover art
Logos
Stamps and currency
- {{Non-free stamp}}—for images of postage stamps that may be copyrighted.
- {{Non-free currency}}—for images of the official currency of a country that may be copyrighted.
Promotional material
Fair use on Wikipedia only applies if it is not possible to replace such promotional image with a free image.
- {{Non-free promotional}}—for an image freely provided to promote an item, as in a promotional photo in a press packet
Screenshots
- {{Non-free video screenshot}}—Screenshots from videos (use more specific tag if possible)
- {{Non-free game screenshot}}—for screenshots of video games
- {{Non-free software screenshot}}—for screenshots of software
- Note: for screenshots of free software running on a free operating system, you can use {{free screenshot}} (Warning: you need to indicate the actual license separately, read the template doc first). In this case, consider uploading your file to Wikimedia Commons if possible.
- {{Non-free web screenshot}}—for screenshots of web pages.
- Note that this tag is NOT appropriate for an image on a webpage, EVEN IF the ENTIRE CONTENT of that page is the image. Fair Use is for identification and critical commentary relating only to the website, NOT the image. For identification and critical commentary relating specifically to the image, see "Art" below.
- {{Non-free vodcast screenshot}}—for screenshots of video podcasts.
- {{Wikipedia-screenshot}}—for screenshots of Wikipedia pages
Art
- {{Non-free 2D art}}—for low resolution images of two dimensional works of art under copyright.
- {{Non-free 3D art}}—for images of three-dimensional works of art that are still under copyright.
Publicity photos
Fair use on Wikipedia only applies if it is not possible to replace such publicity image with a free image.
UK government
- {{Non-free Crown copyright}}—For material under UK Crown copyright (Crown copyright in other countries has different restrictions). This only applies to some content on some web sites. It's not a carte blanche to use anything. See the talk page for a list of web sites that will allow some use — and check the copyright notice first as they are all different. It is the express opinion of HM Stationery Office that Crown Copyright is incompatible with the GFDL — contact the Epopt for details. For works where UK Crown copyright has expired, use {{PD-BritishGov}} instead. Please note that as commercial distribution is not permitted this license is non-free for the purposes of Wikipedia, hence images uploaded under this template must still specify a rationale.
Other
Deprecated
- {{Non-free restricted use}}—formerly used for:
- Non-free images and audio samples which are contended to be fair use. Replace this tag either with {{Non-free fair use in|Article}} or with another of the tags above.
- Media for which we have permission, and US fair use also applies. You should also describe as much as possible about the permission including who from and conditions. Replace this tag with either {{Non-free fair use in|Article}} or with another of the tags above, and also add {{Non-free with permission}}.
- {{Non-free unsure}}—formerly used with images which might possibly be in the public domain, either due to age or for some other reason, but the copyright status cannot be conclusively determined. If the copyright status of the image can be thoroughly investigated, and either tagged as public domain if it is in the public domain, or as {{Non-free fair use in|Article}} or with another tag above.
Deprecated
Unfree images
This tag is used to mark images that are deprecated, and which will eventually be deleted.
On September 20, 2004, Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images began accepting listings for images used in Wikipedia that either do not have a license or are currently listed with a non-free license. In mid 2005 however images lacking source and/or license information became a criterion for speedy deletion, and subsequently the PUI process was amended to deal with cases of disputed copyright status and non-free images instead.
The following tag is for use on such images. Though these images are unwanted, they should not be deleted immediately but proceed to be slowly and respectfully weeded out.
- {{Pui}} — used for images where the stated copyright status is disputed. If the status can not be resolved the image is usually deleted after being listed for 14 days.
{{idw-pui|Image:ImageName.jpg}} should be added to the uploaders talk page, {{Puic}} should be put into the caption of the image where it is used, and the image should then be listed on the Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images page so the image can be properly processed.
Announcement by Jimbo Wales
Missing
These tags are used to mark images which are deprecated, and which will eventually be deleted.
- {{Db-noimage}} — for images that cannot be deleted using the standard deletion procedure due to bugs in the MediaWiki software. Generally, these images have to be manually deleted by a developer.
General non-free licenses
Do not upload images for which one of the tags in this section applies. They will be deleted.
- {{Db-noncom}} — Images under a non-commercial use license.
- {{subst:nld}} — for an image with author information but no notice about licensing information.
- Add to the uploader's talk page: {{subst:image copyright|Image:Image copyright tags/All}} ~~~~
- {{subst:nsd}} — for an image with no source information.
Other non-free government copyrights
Do not upload images for which one of the tags in this section applies.
- {{Non-free EU website image}} — Images from the website of the European Union. Permits reproduction, but not modification.
- {{money-EU}} — for images of the official currency of the EU. These are copyrighted but may be reproduced as long as they cannot be confused with real currency. Modification of the images might not be permitted.
- {{Sejm}} — Images from the website of Sejm, the lower house of Polish Parliament. Permits reproduction, but not modification.
- {{C-ADOD}} - Media from the Australian Department of Defence is generally free use if it is attributed and no fee is charged to view it.
Non-free Creative Commons licenses
Do not upload images for which one of the tags in this section applies. Instead, if it is your work, consider licencing the work under a Creative Commons License that is acceptable for use in Wikipedia or releasing it into Public Domain. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags/Free licenses#Creative Commons.
- {{Db-ccnoncom}} - For any non-commercial or "no derivatives" licenses including:
- NoDerivs 1.0
- Attribution-NoDerivs 1.0
- Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0
- Attribution-NoDerivs 2.5
- Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0
- NonCommercial 1.0
- Attribution-NonCommercial 1.0
- Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0
- Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5
- Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0
- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 1.0
- Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 1.0
- Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0
- Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5
- Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
- NoDerivs-NonCommercial 1.0
- Attribution-NoDerivs-NonCommercial 1.0
- Attribution-NoDerivs-NonCommercial 2.0
- Attribution-NoDerivs-NonCommercial 2.5
- Attribution-NoDerivs-NonCommercial 3.0
Incorrectly tagged images
- {{wrong-license}} — For images tagged with a license believed to be incorrect
Other
Images of unknown usability
The following tags do not adequately indicate whether they can be used on Wikipedia. Please add source and licence information, if not provided, and a fair use rationale if the image is being used under fair use.
- {{C-ADOD}} - for media subject to the copyright rules of the Australian Department of Defence.
- {{PD-Germany}} — for photographic works and other images where the German photographer (or creator) died more than 70 years ago. Due to this tag's history, many images whose creators died less than 70 years ago are tagged with this tag. Source and licencing information should be added.
Presumed free images
- {{GFDL-presumed|Username}} These are images that have been unverified to be free of copyright issues, but some user (the one whose username is the parameter value) in good faith believes to have been created by the uploader and hence are mostly public domain or GFDL, i.e. redistributable under the GFDL. This is especially useful for images uploaded until mid-2004, at a time when uploaders weren't warned to add image copyright tags. In the early years of Wikipedia all images were presumed to be GFDL-compatible unless found to be otherwise (and deleted, usually), and most images were hence not tagged with their copyright status.
