Meta:Licenses
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The following is a proposed Wikimedia Meta-Wiki policy. The proposal is inactive. References or links to this page should not describe it as "policy". |
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Licensing options [edit]
Free licenses [edit]
Use Commons where possible [edit]
- Free licenses accepted under the Wikimedia licensing policy should be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons where possible, rather than here, to simplify reuse on other projects and archiving.
CC-SA-compatible licenses [edit]
- Licenses compatible with the our default license, Creative Commons Share-Alike, are preferred.
- This includes the CC-BY license and works released into the Public Domain.
Non-CC-SA-compatible licenses [edit]
- Licenses not compatible with the default Creative Commons license should be dual-licensed under a compatible license where possible.
- Works with incompatible licenses can't be remixed with one another, limiting sharing and reuse.
- As an example, the GFDL is a free license, and previously our default license, but incompatible with CC-BY-SA. As a result, our terms of use specify that GFDL material imported into the projects must be dual-licensed under the CC-BY-SA license.
Non-free licenses [edit]
- Non-free image used in a Wikimedia Chapter annual report.
- Chapters are required to submit annual reports, and may at times need to include non-free images.
- Chapters are encouraged to submit free images instead whenever possible. Images using this license
- option are not to be used outside the annual report pages.
- Do not delete unless directed by the uploading Chapter or a Foundation employee, or if the media
- using this tag is being used only for non-Chapter-related purposes.
- Non-free image uploaded by Wikimedia Foundation employees for Foundation purposes.
- The Foundation, by virtue of owning the server, may at times have its own esoteric reasons for storing
- such images on Meta. The Foundation or the uploading employee takes responsibility to the storage of
- this image and its eventual deletion.
- Do not delete unless directed by a Foundation employee or the license tag was improperly added by
- a non-employee.
- Non-free logo used in a grant or other formal document which is archived on Meta
- Chapters, Wikimania bids, and other groups pursuing projects with sponsors and partners may have
- grants, proposals, or other project documents listing partners and their logos. These logos
- may not be available under a free license, and the project documents may be archived on Meta.
- Such logos are not to be used outside of documents relating to such a partnership. Project
- maintainers are encouraged to avoid using them where possible.
- Do not delete unless in cooperation with the project maintainer, or if the logo is being used
- only for non-project-related purposes.
Technical implementation [edit]
- Create templates for a new license if one does not exist
- Add new license templates to Category:License templates
- Add appropriate lines to MediaWiki:Licenses. See Commons:MediaWiki:Licenses for appropriate use.
