Template:PD-ineligible

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

This template will categorize into Cat:PD ineligible.

Documentation

This documentation is transcluded from Template:PD-ineligible/doc. (edit | history)

Usage

Extra parameters

If the file is your own work, you can add one parameter to tell under which free license you allow the image to be used if in some jurisdiction(s) the image will be protected by copyright. For example: {{PD-ineligible|PD-self}}.

If the file is someone else's work and was previously licensed differently then you can add parameters to tell under which free license the image can be used if in some jurisdiction(s) the image will be protected by copyright. For example: {{PD-ineligible|license|Username|language code of the Wikipedia version}}.

Specific PD-ineligible tags

• For chemistry structures, use {{PD-chem}}.
• For logos, use {{PD-textlogo}}
• For simple text, (non-logo) use {{PD-text}}.
• For simple geometry shapes, use {{PD-shape}}
• For Unicode glyphs, use {{PD-Unicode}}.
• For raster renderings of a font (or typeface), use {{PD-font}}.
• For simple (non-creative) reproduction of two-dimensional subject, use {{PD-scan}}.
  If the depicted subject is a creative work, it should have also its own permission (license tag)!
• For SVG representations of an ancient script, use {{PD-ancient-script}}.
• For technical images created as part of standard medical diagnostic procedures, use {{PD-medical}}.
• For photographs of old works taken by yourself, use the appropriate one of the following …
  • {{PD-old-100}} for works by authors who died more than 100 years ago.
  • {{PD-old-80}} for works by authors who died more than 80 years ago.
  • {{PD-old-75}} for works by authors who died more than 75 years ago.
  • {{PD-old-70}} for works by authors who died more than 70 years ago.
  • {{PD-US}} for U.S. works published before 1 January 1923
  • {{PD-1923}} for non-U.S. works published before 1 January 1923.
  • {{PD-1996}} for works that are in the public domain in their source countries on 1 January 1996.
• For photographs of old works (as above) taken by someone else, use {{PD-Art}}

Translation

To create a new language version of this template, create a new subpage and use this code:

{{PD-ineligible/layout
|1={{{1|}}}|2={{{2|}}}|3={{{3|}}}
|text=''This image is '''ineligible for [[w:copyrights|copyright]]''' and therefore in the '''[[w:public domain|public domain]]''', because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship.''
|alternative=In case this image would pass the threshold of originality, {{#if: {{{2|}}} | [[:{{{3|}}}:User:{{{2|}}}|{{{2}}}]],}} the copyright holder, allows the use of this image with the following conditions:
|lang={{subst:SUBPAGENAME}}
}}<noinclude>
{{translated tag|license}}
</noinclude>