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Free licenses

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"Wikipedia:Creative Commons licenses" redirects here. For Text attribution tags, see Template:CC-notice.
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Free content is free as in freedom. This page links to some of the most popular licenses for releasing such content. This page can be reached via http://enwp.org/WP:ICT/FL when forwarding the full URL is not convenient. If an image is available under one of these licenses, it is acceptable to be used in Wikipedia.

Apache Software Foundation

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Berkeley Software Distribution

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BSD

Creative Commons

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Generally, a work licensed under a CC tag with more requirements cannot be integrated into a work licensed under a more permissive CC license (such as integrating a CC BY-SA work into a CC BY work), unless the entire target work switches to the less permissive 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 (Licence Art Libre)

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Free Art license

GNU's Not Unix!

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Note: The licenses in this section require reprinting the entire license text with any reuse of the image. If you created the image yourself, please consider using a different license. If one includes any of the content, the entire book/section goes under GFDL, unlike CC BY-SA.

MIT (Expat)

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Mozilla

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Mozilla

UK Government

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Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  • {{OGL}} – Open Government Licence version 1.0
  • {{OGL-2.0}} – Open Government Licence version 2.0
  • {{OGL-3.0}} – Open Government Licence version 3.0

Public domain

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See also https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Copyright_tags/General_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 – images ineligible for copyright protection, 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.

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  • {{PD-OldOS}}: for maps and sections of maps taken from Ordnance Survey (OS; Great Britain) maps over 50 years old (currently by 1973)
  • {{PD-EU-no author disclosure}}: for images published more than 70 years ago (currently by 1953) without an attached claim of authorship
  • {{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-100}}: for images where the author died more than 100 years ago (currently in 1923 or earlier). (Note: not where the work, image, or subject is 100 or more years old)
  • {{PD-US-expired}}: for images published in the U.S. before 1929
  • {{PD-US-expired-abroad}}: for images first published outside of the U.S. before 1929
  • {{PD-URAA}}: for images first published outside of the U.S. from 1929 to 1977 (inclusive), but PD in the foreign source country on January 1, 1996. For the precise rules, see the template text
  • {{PD-old-70}}: for images where the author (e.g., photographer, painter, graphic artist) died more than 70 years ago (currently by 1953) (Note: not where the work, image, or subject is 70 or more years old.)
  • {{Stamp-PD-US-1923-abroad}}: for images of postage stamps first published outside of the U.S. before 1929 and therefore PD in the U.S.
  • {{PD-US-1989}} Works published in the U.S. between 1978 and March 1, 1989, without a copyright notice, and where the copyright was not later registered
  • {{PD-US-no notice}}: for images published in the United States prior to 1978 without explicit notice of "copyright, year, owner" or "©" attached
  • {{PD-US-not renewed}}: 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-anon-expired}}: for images published anonymously outside the United States prior to 1929. Takes an optional parameter indicating the year of publication.
  • {{PD-shape}}: for images that only contain one very simple geometric shape
  • {{PD-simple}}: for images that only consists of typefaces, individual words, slogans, or simple geometric shapes
  • {{PD-chem}}: for images comprising conventionally drawn chemical structural formulae
  • {{PD-logo}}: for images of logos that consist of only typefaces, individual words, slogans, or simple geometric shapes

Dedications

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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-author|name}}: stating that the work is released into the public domain by its author, whose name is given

Art

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  • {{PD-art}}: for images of 2-D (flat) works of art where the artist died more than 100 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 January 1, 1929.
    • {{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.

Intergovernmental

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  • {{PD-Hubble}}: for public domain images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope as described on Hubblesite and Esahubble
  • {{PD-USGov}}: For works produced by an employee of the United States federal 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 generally hold copyright unless they disclaim it; see Category:United States state public domain copyright templates for information on those that do.
  • {{PD-laws}}: There is an exception to the above. Edicts of government, such as judicial opinions, administrative rulings, legislative enactments, public ordinances, and similar official legal documents are not copyrightable for reasons of public policy. This applies to such works whether they are Federal, State, or local as well as to those of foreign governments.
  • {{PD-US-patent}}: In general, the text and images of United States patents are not copyrighted.[1] In specific cases, patent applicants and holders may claim copyright in portions of those documents. Such 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:[2] [3]

Other countries

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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. and other countries. 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 photographs first registered in Argentina over 25 years ago. (Law 11.723, Article 34)
  • {{PD-Albania}}: for works whose author died at least 70 years ago, or for joint works created or published more than 70 years ago.
    • {{PD-Albania-exempt}}: For works exempt from copyright protection under Albanian law as per tag text.
  • {{PD-Australia}}: for published photographs whose creator 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-Bangladesh}}: for photographs published in Bangladesh over 60 years ago.
  • {{PD-BrazilGov}}: for "Brazilian official symbols", i.e. flags and symbols.
  • {{PD-Canada}}: for works that have fallen into the public domain in Canada under the Copyright Act of Canada.
    • {{PD-Canada-Crown}}: for works by the government of Canada that have fallen into the public domain in Canada
  • {{PD-China}}: for photographs taken in China over 50 years ago, or for non-photographic images whose author died more than 50 years ago.
  • {{PD-Croatia}}: for works whose author died at least 70 years ago, or for joint works created or published more than 70 years ago, or works under the Agreement on Yugoslav succession issues of Vienna of 29 June 2001, see below {{PD-Yugoslavia}}.
  • {{PD-CzechGov}}: for state symbols and symbols of other self-governing units.
  • {{PD-Ethiopia}}: for works first published in Ethiopia that have fallen into the public domain in Ethiopia.
  • {{PD-GermanGov}}: for statutes, ordinances, official decrees or judgments issued by a German federal or state authority, or court
  • {{PD-GreekGov}}: for official legislative, administrative or judicial documents issued by the Greek Government.
  • {{PD-HK}} for images and photographs taken in Hong Kong whose author died more than 50 years ago, or works of unknown authorship published over 50 years ago.
  • {{PD-Japan}}: for works published in Japan where all authors died 50 years ago, or if the authors are not known, where the works were published over 50 years ago.
  • {{PD-India}}: for photographs, audio and videos first published by Indian citizens or the Indian government (and international organisations, per section 29) more than 60 years prior to January 1 of the current year (i.e., as of 2012, published prior to 1 January 1952[needs update]); see Indian Copyright Act, §§ s:Indian Copyright Law#CHAPTER V : TERM OF COPYRIGHT|25-27.
  • {{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-Iraq}}: for works first published in Iraq that have fallen into the public domain in Iraq.
  • {{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.
  • {{PD-Israel-Photo}}: for photographs taken in Israel or the British Mandate of Palestine over 50 years ago.
  • {{PD-Italy}}: for photographs taken in Italy over 20 years ago, or artistic photos taken over 70 years ago.
  • {{PD-Lebanon}}: For a work that is a photographic or cinematographic work and fifty years have elapsed since the end of the year of production, or is another type of work and fifty years have elapsed since the end of the year of the death of the author.
  • {{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-Netherlands}}: for
    • works published in the Netherlands, Dutch East Indies, or Netherlands New Guinea over 70 years after the first January 1 following the work's publication and
    • works published more than 70 years after the first January 1 following the author's death.
  • {{PD-NZ}}: for works made in New Zealand whose author died more than 50 years ago.
  • {{PD-Pakistan}}: for photographs published in Pakistan over 50 years ago, or for non-photographic images whose author died more than 50 years ago.
  • {{PD-Philippines}}: for works whose copyrights have already expired, that have been released into the public domain, or that are 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-GOV}}: For works of the ROC Government under the terms of Article 9 of the Copyright Act of the Republic of China.
  • {{PD-RomaniaGov}}: for Romanian state symbols and symbols of public authorities and organisations, and for Romanian currency.
  • {{PD-RU-exempt}}: exempt from copyright protection under the Russian law as per tag text.
  • {{PD-SerbiaGov}}: for Serbian government documents, materials, pictures, etc.
  • {{PD-Serbia}}: for works whose author died before 1954 or, if anonymous, that were published before 1954 (public domain prior to introduction of the new law in 2004).
  • {{PD-South-Africa}}: For works published in South Africa that are more than 50 years old.
  • {{PD-South Korea}}: For works published in South Korea whose most recently deceased creator died more than 50 years ago.
  • {{PD-Sweden}}: for public domain images taken by Swedish photographers before 1944
  • {{PD-Thailand}}: for works whose copyright has expired in Thailand.
    • {{PD-TH-exempt}}: for works exempt from copyright protection under Thai law as per tag text.
  • {{PD-Trinidad-and-Tobago}}: for public domain images fifty years after the death of the photographer as per the Trinidad and Tobago Copyright Act, Part III, Section 19(1).
  • {{PD-UA-exempt}}: exempt from copyright protection under Ukrainan law as per tag text.
  • {{PD-UK}}: for works published in the United Kingdom that have fallen into the public domain in the United Kingdom.
    • {{PD-BritishGov}}: for images created by the British Government and published prior to 1956.
  • {{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 into force on 2004-03-25. [4] Note: must be used in conjunction with {{PD-Croatia}}, see above.

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New Zealand government

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Publications of the New Zealand government are mostly covered 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 [5]. 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 [6].

New Zealand Crown copyright used to only last 50 years, and copyright has expired for government works from 1944 or earlier. Regular copyright provisions (such as a 50-year term) apply to works by Crown entities and state-owned enterprises, not Crown copyright.

Deprecated (no longer being used)

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  • {{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

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The following copyright tags are among those applicable to photographs and graphic images originating from the United States of America and created by people other than the uploader. Please see the text of each tag for specific disclaimers.

General Public Domain tags

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  • {{PD-US}}—for copyright-expired works in the U.S. (mainly those published before 1929). Also for works not eligible for copyright under American law.
  • {{PD-Pre1978}} — for works first published in the United States prior to 1978 without explicit notice of "copyright, year, owner" or "©" attached.
  • {{PD-art-US}}—for images of two-dimensional (flat) works of art published in the United States prior to 1929.
  • {{PD-US-expired-abroad}} — for non-US works first published outside the USA prior to 1929 (certain exceptions may apply in 9th District, US Circuit Court)
  • {{PD currency}} / {{PD-USGov}} — for images of the official currency of the United States. These are in the public domain. (See also {{Non-free currency}} and {{ir-Money}}.)
  • {{PD-US-patent}} — for text and images of United States patents, which are in general are not copyrighted.[7] In specific cases, patent applicants and holders may claim copyright in portions of those documents. Such applicants are required to identify the portions that are protected under copyright.

American Non-Free Files tags

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For a complete set of tags for non-free images, see Wikipedia:File copyright tags/Non-free.
  • {{Non-free historic image}} — for non-free images of historically significant deceased individuals. (Note: Images using this tag must be irreplaceable with a copyright-free image and accompanied by a valid fair use rationale.)
  • {{Non-free USGov-USPS stamp}} — for images of U.S. stamps issued in 1978 or later.

State Government Public Domain tags

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  • {{PD-CAGov}} - for works created by the State of California that are ineligible for copyright.
  • {{PD-FLGov}} – for works created by the State of Florida that are ineligible for copyright.

U.S. Federal Government tags

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  • {{PD-USGov}} — for images produced by an employee of the United States government in the performance of his or her duties which do not fit under the following specialized tags:
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Collections of US government agencies
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  • {{LOC-image}}—Library of Congress collections (NOTE: This is not a license tag, but a source tag. It must be accompanied by an appropriate license tag.)
    • {{PD-Bain}} — Public domain image from the Library of Congress's George Grantham Bain collection
    • {{PD-Brady-Handy}} — Public domain image from the Library of Congress's Brady-Handy collection
    • {{PD-Harris-Ewing}} — Public domain image from the Library of Congress's Harris & Ewing collection
    • {{PD-Highsmith}} — Public domain image from the Library of Congress's Carol M. Highsmith collection
  • {{NARA-image}}—National Archives and Records Administration collections (NOTE: This is not a license tag, but a source tag. It must be accompanied by an appropriate license tag.)

U.S. Military tags

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Non-free content

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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 a file page where any fair-use concerns must be addressed.

Please note: Copyrighted images that can reasonably be replaced by free images may not be used on Wikipedia.

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.

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Art

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Audio and music

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Cover art

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Logos

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Promotional material

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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

Publicity photos

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Fair use on Wikipedia only applies if it is not possible to replace such publicity image with a free image.

  • {{Non-free AUSPIC}}—for official photographs of Australian federal politicians from AUSPIC
  • {{Non-free promotional}}—for publicity photographs of people or events, such as headshots or posed shots, from a press kit.

Screenshots

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Stamps and currency

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UK government

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  • {{Non-free Parliamentary copyright}} - for material under UK Parliamentary copyright. 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.

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Supplemental

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These tags cannot be used on their own. Any files using these tags must have one of the previously mentioned tags.

  • {{Non-free Old-25}}—for media copyrighted in the United States whose author died more than 25 years ago and is in the public domain in a few other countries
  • {{Non-free Old-30}}—for media copyrighted in the United States whose author died more than 30 years ago and is in the public domain in a few other countries
  • {{Non-free Old-50}}—for media copyrighted in the United States whose author died more than 50 years ago and is in the public domain in many other countries
  • {{Non-free Old-60}}—for media copyrighted in the United States whose author died more than 60 years ago and is in the public domain in many other countries
  • {{Non-free Old-70}}—for media copyrighted in the United States whose author died more than 70 years ago and is in the public domain in most other countries
  • {{Non-free Old-75}}—for media copyrighted in the United States whose author died more than 75 years ago and is in the public domain in most other countries
  • {{Non-free Old-80}}—for media copyrighted in the United States whose author died more than 80 years ago and is in the public domain in all other countries except for Mexico and Jamaica
  • {{Non-free with NC}}—for media with a noncommercial reuse license
  • {{Non-free with NC and ND}}—for media with a combined noncommercial reuse and no derivative works license
  • {{Non-free with ND}}—for media with a no derivative works license
  • {{Non-free with permission}}—for fair use media for which we also have permission to use on Wikipedia
  • {{Not-PD-US-URAA}}—for media whose copyright was restored in the United States by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA)
  • {{Non-free no treaty}}—for media from a country without a copyright treaty with the United States, and copyrighted in its home country


Deprecated

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Missing

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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

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Do not upload images for which one of the tags in this section applies. They will be deleted.

Non-free Creative Commons licenses

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Do not upload images for which one of the tags in this section applies. Instead, if it is your work, consider licensing 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
    • NonCommercial 1.0
    • NonCommercial-NoDerivs 1.0
    • NonCommercial-ShareAlike 1.0
    • Attribution-NoDerivs (1.0, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 4.0)
    • Attribution-NonCommercial (1.0, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 4.0)
    • Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (1.0, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 4.0)
    • Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (1.0, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 4.0)

Incorrectly tagged images

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  • {{wrong-license}} — For images tagged with a license believed to be incorrect

Public domain

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