View source for MediaWiki:Registered licensing exceptions

In general, all media uploaded to this site are under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike license (cc-by-sa).

Exceptions can only be created by project administrators. They should normally be discussed in advance. Valid exceptions are various public domain media and large collections of images that can only be used under a non-commercial license.

There should be '''no Creative-Commons-Non-commercial''' template that can then be added to any page!

==Public Domain==

The first general exception is that some material may be in the [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Public_domain Public domain]. To mark a media file as being in the public domain, add one of the following templates to the media description page by pasting text like
 <code><nowiki>{{PD-self}}</nowiki></code>
into the edit window (click on "edit" when viewing the media file in the wiki).

* '''<nowiki>{{PD-self}}</nowiki>''' creates:
{{PD-self}}

* '''<nowiki>{{PD-old}}</nowiki>''' creates:
{{PD-old}}

* '''<nowiki>{{PD-ineligible}}</nowiki>''' creates:
{{PD-ineligible}}

More such templates may be required over time.

==Creative Commons Zero==

To explicitly waive ones right and released the work into the public domain (as opposed to stating that the work IS in the public domain). This is especially recommended where the right on the work are doubtful (low originality of simple icons) and are not intended to be pursued, even if they may exist in some legislations.

* '''<nowiki>{{Cc-zero}}</nowiki>''' creates:
{{Cc-zero}}

==Creative Commons attribution share-alike non-commercial==

In certain situations, large media collections may be uploaded under a cc-by-sa-nc non-commercial license.

We welcome if you want to contribute a large collection of media under a non-commercial license, but because of the high societal costs of the non-commercial license we do not offer it for single file uploads. The non-commercial restriction forbids use by Wikipedias, Wikiversity and many other projects, and is safe to use only for very limited uses and organisations. Especially, contrary to common expectation, non-profit organisations that have any form of income, including membership fees, may expect law suits about using materials dedicated as CC by-nc-sa for advertisement purposes, advertising not only their cause but also their organisation with the goal of convincing people to enter into membership. Therefore there is no general cc-by-sa-nc template for individually uploaded files. 

The exceptions should become listed here to be approved:

* [[Template:Collection of images from Sorbus in Bayern by N. Meyer, L. Meierott, H. Schuwerk and O. Angerer]]
* [[Template:Collection of images contributed by Rolf Wißkirchen under CC-by-nc-sa]]