MediaWiki:Licenses

• High-free (preferred):
  • Public Domain:
    • PD-old|Public Domain - copyright has expired (PD-old)
    • PD-projectgutenberg|Public Domain image obtained from the Project Gutenberg (PD-projectgutenberg)
    • PD-new|Public Domain - newer work, no rights reserved (PD-new)
    • PD-USgov|Public Domain - authored by the U.S. government (PD-USgov)
    • PD-self|Public Domain - self-made work (PD-self)
    • CC-public-domain-dedication|Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication (CC-public-domain-dedication)
    • PDB|Protien Data Bank image (PDB)
    • PD-not-copyrightable|Non-scalable font(s) or symbolic character(s) (PD-not-copyrightable)
  • Creative Commons:
    • CC-by-1.0|Creative Commons Attribution 1.0 Unported (CC-by-1.0)
    • CC-by-2.0|Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Unported (CC-by-2.0)
    • CC-by-2.5|Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Unported (CC-by-2.5)
      • CC-by-2.5-br|Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Brazil (CC-by-2.5-br)
    • CC-by-3.0|Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-by-3.0)
    • CC-by-sa-1.0|Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 1.0 Unported (CC-by-sa-1.0)
    • CC-by-sa-2.0|Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Unported (CC-by-sa-2.0)
    • CC-by-sa-2.5|Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 Unported (CC-by-sa-2.5)
    • CC-by-sa-3.0|Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC-by-sa-3.0)
  • Other High-free
    • NKR|Library of Congress "no known restrictions"
    • Dual-CC-by-sa-3.0-GFDL|Dual-licensed Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike and GFDL
    • GFDL|GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL)
    • GNU-lesser|GNU Lesser General Public License (GNU-lesser)
    • FAL-1.2|Free Art License version 1.2 (FAL-1.2)
    • Attribution|Copyrighted - but no re-usage restrictions except must attribute to author (attribution)
• Intermediate-free:
  • Creative Commons licenses:
    • CC-by-nd-1.0|Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 1.0 Unported (CC-by-nd-1.0)
    • CC-by-nd-2.0|Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Unported (CC-by-nd-2.0)
    • CC-by-nd-2.5|Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.5 Unported (CC-by-nd-2.5)
    • CC-by-nd-3.0|Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC-by-nd-3.0)
    • CC-by-nc-1.0|Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 1.0 Unported (CC-by-nc-1.0)‎
    • CC-by-nc-2.0|Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Unported (CC-by-nc-2.0)‎
    • CC-by-nc-2.5|Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 Unported (CC-by-nc-2.5)‎
    • CC-by-nc-3.0|Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported (CC-by-nc-3.0)‎
    • CC-by-nc-sa-1.0|Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 1.0 Unported (CC-by-nc-sa-1.0)
    • CC-by-nc-sa-2.0|Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Unported (CC-by-nc-sa-2.0)
    • CC-by-nc-sa-2.5|Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 Unported (CC-by-nc-sa-2.5)
    • CC-by-nc-sa-3.0|Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC-by-nc-sa-3.0)
    • CC-by-nc-nd-1.0|Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 1.0 Unported (CC-by-nc-nd-1.0)
    • CC-by-nc-nd-2.0|Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Unported (CC-by-nc-nd-2.0)
    • CC-by-nc-nd-2.5|Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Unported (CC-by-nc-nd-2.5)
    • CC-by-nc-nd-3.0|Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC-by-nc-nd-3.0)
  • Other Intermediate-free
    • Attribution-commercialrestriction|Copyrighted - author requires attribution and restricts commercial usages (attribution-commercialrestriction
    • Attribution-noderivas|Copyrighted - author requires attribution and restricts the making of derivitives (attribution-noderivas)
    • Bypermission-reuse|Copyrighted - third-party re-use permitted, some restrictions - documented permission or self-authored (bypermission-reuse)
    • PD-butrequest|Public Domain - but provider has requested certain restrictions be honored that I will document (PD-butrequest)
    • PD-butclaim|Public Domain - but provider claims some kind of restriction rights that I will document (PD-butclaim)
• Non-free
  • Bypermission-noreuse|Copyrighted - no third-party re-use, used by documented permission (bypermission-noreuse). See CZ:Permissions before uploading
  • Copyrighted|Copyrighted - All Rights Reserved. I will document permission of the copyright holder or am the author (copyrighted).
  • Promo-photo|A copyrighted photo released by its originating entity to promote its subject (Promo-photo)
  • Fairuse|Fair use - not allowable currently (fair use). See CZ:Permissions for alternatives.
• Specialty licenses
  • MPL-1.1|Mozilla Public License Version 1.1 (MPL-1.1)
  • Stockxchng-standard|Stockxchng standard license (Stockxchng-standard).
• Not listed
  • Needmediatemplate|Not listed - be sure to write out info if selecting (Needmediatemplate).