MediaWiki:Licenses

• subst:No license from license selector|Don't know|I do not know the license
• subst:No license from license selector|Somewebsite|Found the image somewhere
• subst:Permission from license selector|The copyright holder has given me permission to use this work only in Ross Surname Project articles
• Your own work:
  • Allow non-commercial use, commercial use, and modifications as long as others credit you and share alike:
    • self|cc-by-sa|Own work, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike
    • self|cc-by-sa-4.0|Own work, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0
    • self|cc-by-sa-4.0,3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0|Own work, multi-license with CC-BY-SA-4.0 and older
    • self|cc-by-sa-4.0|GFDL|migration=not-eligible|Own work, multi-license with CC-BY-SA-4.0 and GFDL
  • Allow non-commercial use, commercial use, and modifications as long as others credit you:
    • self|cc-by-4.0|Own work, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
  • Reserve no rights:
    • self|cc-zero|Own work, release into public domain under the CC-Zero license
  • Allow for use only on Ross Surname Project:
    • Ross-license|self|Ross Surname Project only (own work)
• Free licenses:
  • Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike
    • Cc-by|sa|Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike
    • Cc-by|sa|4.0|Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0
    • Cc-by|sa|3.0|Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0
    • Cc-by|sa|2.5|Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5
    • Cc-by|sa|2.0|Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0
    • Cc-by|sa|1.0|Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 1.0
  • Creative Commons Attribution
    • Cc-by|Creative Commons Attribution
    • Cc-by|4.0|Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    • Cc-by|3.0|Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
    • Cc-by|2.5|Creative Commons Attribution 2.5
    • Cc-by|2.0|Creative Commons Attribution 2.0
    • Cc-by|1.0|Creative Commons Attribution 1.0
  • Free Art License:
    • FAL|Free Art License
  • GNU
    • GFDL|GFDL: GNU Free Documentation License
    • LGPL|LGPL: GNU Lesser General Public License
    • GPL|GPL: GNU General Public License
• Public domain:
  • Copyright expired:
    • PD-old|Author died more than 100 years ago
    • PD-art|- Photo of a two-dimensional work whose author died more than 100 years ago
    • PD-US-expired|First published in the United States before January 1, 1928
  • Not covered by copyright:
    • PD-USGov|Work of a U.S. government agency
    • PD-text|Simple typefaces, individual words or geometric shapes
    • PD-textlogo|Logos with only simple typefaces, individual words or geometric shapes
• Creative Commons with restrictions:
  • Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial
    • Cc-by|nc|Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial
    • Cc-by|nc|4.0|Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0
    • Cc-by|nc|3.0|Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 3.0
    • Cc-by|nc|2.5|Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 2.5
    • Cc-by|nc|2.0|Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 2.0
    • Cc-by|nc|1.0|Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 1.0
  • Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike
    • Cc-by|nc|sa|Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike
    • Cc-by|nc|sa|4.0|Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 4.0
    • Cc-by|nc|sa|3.0|Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 3.0
    • Cc-by|nc|sa|2.5|Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 2.5
    • Cc-by|nc|sa|2.0|Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 2.0
    • Cc-by|nc|sa|1.0|Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 1.0
  • Creative Commons Attribution NoDerivs
    • Cc-by|nd|Creative Commons Attribution NoDerivs
    • Cc-by|nd|4.0|Creative Commons Attribution NoDerivs 4.0
    • Cc-by|nd|3.0|Creative Commons Attribution NoDerivs 3.0
    • Cc-by|nd|2.5|Creative Commons Attribution NoDerivs 2.5
    • Cc-by|nd|2.0|Creative Commons Attribution NoDerivs 2.0
    • Cc-by|nd|1.0|Creative Commons Attribution NoDerivs 1.0
  • Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivs
    • Cc-by|nc|nd|Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivs
    • Cc-by|nc|nd|4.0|Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivs 4.0
    • Cc-by|nc|nd|3.0|Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivs 3.0
    • Cc-by|nc|nd|2.5|Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivs 2.5
    • Cc-by|nc|nd|2.0|Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivs 2.0
    • Cc-by|nc|nd|1.0|Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivs 1.0
  • Creative Commons Unported
    • Cc-by|up|Creative Commons Unported
    • Cc-by|up|4.0|Creative Commons Unported 4.0
    • Cc-by|up|3.0|Creative Commons Unported 3.0
    • Cc-by|up|2.5|Creative Commons Unported 2.5
    • Cc-by|up|2.0|Creative Commons Unported 2.0
    • Cc-by|up|1.0|Creative Commons Unported 1.0
• Fair use and with permission:
  • Fairuse| This will be used in a way that qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law.
  • Attribution|This is copyrighted, but use is permitted if the copyright holder is properly attributed.
  • CopyrightedFreeUse|This is copyrighted, but use is permitted without conditions.
  • CopyrightedFreeUseProvidedThat|This is copyrighted, but use is permitted with specific conditions.
• Unacceptable fair use:
  • subst:rfu|Fair use image of a living person
  • subst:rfu|Fair use image of an existing building
• Non-free / fair use - read WP:NONFREE before using any of the following tags:
  • Non-free fair use|Fair use with rationale
  • Non-free 2D art|Two-dimensional art
  • Non-free 3D art|Three-dimensional art
  • Non-free computer icon|Computer icon
  • Non-free currency|Currency that may be copyrighted
  • Non-free biog-pic|Deceased person
  • Non-free logo|Logo
  • Non-free audio sample|Music sample
  • Non-free promotional|Promotional material
  • Non-free stamp|Postage stamp, where copyright depends on the country
    • Non-free USGov-USPS stamp|- U.S. postage stamp from 1978 or later
  • Non-free historic image|Historically significant event
  • Covers:
    • Non-free album cover|Album or single cover
    • Non-free board game cover|Board game cover
    • Non-free book cover|Book cover
    • Non-free comic|Comic book stuff
    • Non-free video cover|DVD, Blu-Ray Disc, videotape, etc. cover
    • Non-free game cover|Video game cover
    • Non-free magazine cover|Magazine cover (can only be used in the article about the magazine)
    • Non-free newspaper image|Newspaper cover
  • Posters:
    • Non-free poster|Any kind of poster
  • Screenshots:
    • Non-free film screenshot|Movie screenshot
    • Non-free television screenshot|TV screenshot
    • Non-free title-card|Title card of a movie or TV series
    • Non-free game screenshot|Computer game or video game screenshot
    • Non-free music video screenshot|Music video or music promo screenshot
    • Non-free software screenshot|Software screenshot
      • Non-free Microsoft screenshot|- Screenshot of a Microsoft product
      • Non-free software screenshot|Screenshots of Windows software|- Windows software screenshot
      • Non-free software screenshot|Screenshots of Mac software|- Mac OS software screenshot
      • Non-free software screenshot|Screenshots of Linux software|- Linux software screenshot
    • Non-free web screenshot|Website layout screenshot
• Permission
  • np|I do not yet have permission to use this photo
  • Non-commercial from license selector|The copyright holder has given permission for use of this image for non-commercial or educational purposes
  • subst:Non-commercial from license selector|The copyright holder only allows this work to be used for non-commercial and/or educational purposes
• Non-commercial
• subst:Non-commercial from license selector|The copyright holder only allows this work to be used for non-commercial and/or educational purposes
• No copyright
  • No copyright|Creator has not designated a copyright
• Limited licenses:
  • Use with permission:
    • Ross-license|Ross Surname Project only
  • Use for non-commercial purposes:
    • Non-commercial|Non-commercial use
• Copyrighted
  • Crown Copyright|Crown Copyright
  • Deposit Photos|Purchased from Deposit Photos
  • Cropped Shot|Cropped section of a website as a preview for link to website