MediaWiki:Licenses

  • subst:uwl|I don't know what the license is
  • Your own work (best practices):
    • PD-self|Own work, all rights released (Public domain)
    • self|CC0 1.0|Own work, Universal Public Domain Dedication, all rights waived (CC0 1.0)
    • self|CC BY 4.0|Own work, attribution required (CC BY 4.0)
    • self|CC BY-SA 4.0|Own work, copyleft, attribution required (CC BY-SA 4.0)
    • self|CC BY-NC 4.0|Own work, non-commercial, attribution required (CC BY-NC 4.0)
    • self|CC BY-ND 4.0|Own work, no derivatives, attribution required (CC BY-ND 4.0)
    • self|CC BY-NC-SA 4.0|Own work, non-commercial, attribution required, share alike (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
  • Not my own work, but has been released under:
    • Creative Commons licenses
      • CC0 1.0|Universal Public Domain Dedication, all rights waived (CC0 1.0)
      • CC BY 4.0|Attribution required (CC BY 4.0)
      • CC BY-SA 4.0|Copyleft, attribution required (CC BY-SA 4.0)
      • CC BY-NC 4.0|Non-commercial, attribution required (CC BY-NC 4.0)
      • CC BY-ND 4.0|No derivatives, attribution required (CC BY-ND 4.0)
      • CC BY-NC-SA 4.0|Non-commercial, attribution required, share alike (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
    • Free Art License
      • FAL 1.3|Free Art License
  • Public domain:
    • PD-USGov-NASA|Original work of NASA
    • PD-ineligible|Too simple to be copyrighted
  • Other alternatives:
  • subst:uwl|I found the image from a search engine or a random website
    • Fair use|Fair use image
    • Copyrighted free use|Copyrighted, but may be used for any purpose, including commercially
    • Attribution|May be used for any purpose, including commercially, if the copyright holder is properly attributed
    • GPL|Screenshot from a software program that is licensed under GPL