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Template:Flickr

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Source	[{{{flickr_url}}} Flickr]
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Author	{{{photographer}}}
Permission	See license tag below.

Template:Geograph

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Permission	Put Creative Commons license tag here.

Template:Self

Use this template when you are self-publishing your own work for the first time.

I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license: Template:List up to six appropriate licenses here within this box.

When tagging another author's self-published work which originally used this template, it is better to use the {{Self2}} template below.

Template:Self2

Use this template for second-person authors whose work and licenses were first self-published elsewhere within a {{Self}} template.

SomeoneElse, the copyright holder of this work, published it under the following license: Template:List up to six appropriate licenses here within this box.

Public domain license templates

See also Template:Cc-zero, a Creative Commons public domain license.

Template:PD

Avoid {{PD}}, which is too generic. Where possible, always use more specific public domain (PD) templates like {{PD-author}}, or for your own work {{PD-self}}, or {{PD-old-auto}} (with an author-death-year parameter) if the old copyright has expired.

This file has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. This applies worldwide.

Template:PD-Art

This is a faithful photographic reproduction of an original two-dimensional work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason: This image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired. This applies to the United States, Australia, the European Union and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 70 years. Note that a few countries have copyright terms longer than 70 years: Mexico has 100 years, Colombia has 80 years, and Guatemala and Samoa have 75 years. This image may not be in the public domain in these countries, which moreover do not implement the rule of the shorter term. Côte d'Ivoire has a general copyright term of 99 years and Honduras has 75 years, but they do implement that rule of the shorter term. The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain, and that claims to the contrary represent an assault on the very concept of a public domain". For details, see When to use the PD-Art tag. This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain. Please be aware that depending on local laws, re-use of this content may be prohibited or restricted in your jurisdiction. See Reuse of PD-Art photographs.

Template:PD-author

Use this template for second-person authors whose work and license were first published elsewhere with a {{PD-self}} template.

This work has been released into the public domain by its author, NameHere. This applies worldwide. In case this is not legally possible: NameHere grants any entity the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.

When tagging your own work it is better to use the {{PD-self}} template.

'Template:PD-Canada

This Canadian work is in the public domain in Canada because its copyright has expired due to one of the following: 1. it was subject to Crown copyright and was first published more than 50 years ago, or it was not subject to Crown copyright, and 2. it is a photograph that was created prior to January 1, 1949, or 3. the creator died more than 50 years ago.

Template:PD-Gutenberg

This image comes from the Project Gutenberg archives. This is an image that has come from a book or document for which the copyright has expired and this image is in the public domain.

Template:PD-ineligible

This image is ineligible for copyright and therefore is in the public domain, because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship.

Template:PD-old-auto (and related templates)

If you provide the death year of the author (for example, 1941) as a parameter (for example, {{PD-old-auto|1941}}), this template automatically calculates and displays the longest-allowable copyright span as the life of the author plus either 70, 75, 80, 90, or 100 years. As years pass, the license span will change, because more years will have elapsed since the life of that author. Once this template is used, there is no need to re-edit the page, because it will automatically adjust for the actual year (currently: 2013), in the future. For example, {{PD-old-auto|1941}} displays as:

This image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired. This applies to the United States, Australia, the European Union and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 70 years. Note that a few countries have copyright terms longer than 70 years: Mexico has 100 years, Colombia has 80 years, and Guatemala and Samoa have 75 years. This image may not be in the public domain in these countries, which moreover do not implement the rule of the shorter term. Côte d'Ivoire has a general copyright term of 99 years and Honduras has 75 years, but they do implement that rule of the shorter term.

Template:PD-old-70. Where possible, avoid using {{PD-old-70}} directly. Prefer {{PD-old-auto}} with an author's-death-year parameter.

This image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired. This applies to the United States, Australia, the European Union and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 70 years. Note that a few countries have copyright terms longer than 70 years: Mexico has 100 years, Colombia has 80 years, and Guatemala and Samoa have 75 years. This image may not be in the public domain in these countries, which moreover do not implement the rule of the shorter term. Côte d'Ivoire has a general copyright term of 99 years and Honduras has 75 years, but they do implement that rule of the shorter term.

Template:PD-old-75. Do not use {{PD-old-75}} directly. Prefer {{PD-old-auto}} with an author's-death-year parameter.

This work is in the public domain in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 75 years or fewer. Note that a few countries have copyright terms longer than 75 years: Mexico has 100 years, Colombia has 80 years. This image may not be in the public domain in these countries, which moreover do not implement the rule of the shorter term. Côte d'Ivoire has a general copyright term of 99 years, but it does implement the rule of the shorter term.

Template:PD-old-80. Do not use {{PD-old-80}} directly. Prefer {{PD-old-auto}} with an author's-death-year parameter.

This file is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 80 years or fewer. Note that Mexico has a term of 100 years and does not implement the rule of the shorter term, so this image may not be in the public domain in Mexico. Côte d'Ivoire has a general copyright term of 99 years, but it does implement the rule of the shorter term.

Template:PD-old-90. Do not use {{PD-old-90}} directly. Prefer {{PD-old-auto}} with an author's-death-year parameter.

This file is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 90 years or fewer. Note that Mexico has a term of 100 years and does not implement the rule of the shorter term, so this image may not be in the public domain in Mexico. Côte d'Ivoire has a general copyright term of 99 years, but it does implement the rule of the shorter term.

Template:PD-old-100. Do not use {{PD-old-100}} directly. Prefer {{PD-old-auto}} with an author's-death-year parameter.

This file is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of no more than the life of the author plus 100 years.

Template:PD-OpenClipart

This file is from the Open Clip Art Library, which released it explicitly into the public domain, using the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. To the uploader: Please provide as parameter the link to the page where this image appears.

Template:PD-self

Use this template when you are self-publishing a work for the first time.

I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. This applies worldwide. In case this is not legally possible, I grant any entity the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.

When tagging another author's self-published work which originally used this template, it is better to use the {{PD-author}} template.

Template:PD-textlogo

This image only consists of simple geometric shapes and/or text. It does not meet the threshold of originality needed for copyright protection, and is therefore in the public domain. Although it is free of copyright restrictions, this image may still be subject to other restrictions.

Template:PD-US

This image is in the public domain in the United States. In most cases, this means that it was first published prior to January 1, 1923 (see the template documentation for more cases). Other jurisdictions may have other rules, and this image might not be in the public domain outside the United States. See Wikipedia:Public domain and FamilySearch Wiki:Copyrights for more details.

Template:PD-USGov

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a Work of the United States Government under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code. See Copyright. Note: This only applies to works of the Federal Government and not to the work of any individual U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, county, municipality, or any other subdivision. This template also does not apply to postage stamp designs published by the United States Postal Service since 1978. (See 206.02(b) of Compendium II: Copyright Office Practices).

Template:PD-USGov-Atlas

This map was obtained from the National Atlas of the United States. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government under the terms of  U.S.C. 17 § 105. See Copyright. Online access: NationalAtlas.gov | 1970 print edition: Library of Congress, Perry-Castañeda Library

Template:PD-USGov-Interior-HABS

This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created during the course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain.

Creator: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Historic American Buildings Survey. Survey number HABS undefined Source: U.S. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, "Built in America" Collection. Copyright: "The records in HABS/HAER were created for the U.S. Government and are considered to be in the public domain." [1] Note : the reference identifier is marked here as "undefined". This template should be used with the reference identifier as parameter ( {{PD-USGov-Interior-HABS|<reference identifier="">}} ).</reference>

Template:PD-USGov-Military-Army-USACE

This image or file is a work of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers soldier or employee, taken or made during the course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.

Template:PD-USGov-NPS

This article or image contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information. Note that not all images on NPS websites are in the public domain. Please be sure that this template is only used for images that are not attributed to a copyright holder.

Template:PD-USGov-NSF

This image is a work of a National Science Foundation employee, taken or made during the course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.

Template:PD-USGov-USDA

This image is a work of a United States Department of Agriculture employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.

Template:PD-xrmap

This image from the Xrmap flags collection (source: flags-2.6-src.tar.bz2). The README file in that collection says of the SVG flags "We release them in the public domain".

GNU license templates

Template:GFDL

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License"

Template:GFDL-with-disclaimers

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. Subject to disclaimers.

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Template:Cc-by-2.0

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Template:Cc-by-sa-3.0

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Template:Cc-by-sa-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0

	This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license.
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	This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.
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Template:Cc-zero

This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.

The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of his or her rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en CC0 Creative Commons Zero, Public Domain Dedication true false

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Copyrighted but with free use permission given

Template:Copyrighted free use

The copyright holder of this work allows anyone to use it for any purpose including unrestricted redistribution, commercial use, and modification. Please check the source to verify that this is correct. In particular, note that publication on the Internet, like publication by any other means, does not in itself imply permission to redistribute. Files without valid permission should be tagged with {{no permission}}. Usage notes: If the work requires attribution, use {{Attribution}} instead If this is your own work, please use either {{PD-self}} or {{Cc-zero}} instead

Template:Attribution

This template as demonstrated here may  use an optional customized attribution statement:

	The copyright holder of this file, John Q. Copyrightholder, allows anyone to use it for any purpose, provided that the copyright holder is properly attributed. Redistribution, derivative work, commercial use, and all other use is permitted.
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Template:Insignia

This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia. The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries. These restrictions are independent of the copyright status. This tag does not indicate the copyright status or the source of the attached work. A normal copyright tag, a source (and a detailed non-free use rationale, if necessary) are still required. See FamilySearch Wiki:Copyrights and FamilySearch Wiki:Uploading images for more information.

Template:LOC-image

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Template:NARA-image

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This is a photo of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States. Its reference number is 22446688.

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