Information:File copyright tags

If you were looking for ways to tag articles for maintenance, see the standard templates in use on BattleTechWiki.

"BTW:TAG" and "BTW:TAGS" redirect here. For cleanup templates, see BTW:CLEANUPTAG.

"BattleTechWiki:Licenses" redirects here. For the licenses used by BattleTechWiki, see BattleTechWiki:Copyrights.

For the #tag: parser function, see mw:Help:Magic words § Miscellaneous.

BattleTechWiki takes copyright law very seriously. File description pages are tagged with the license and the source of the file. This makes it as easy as possible for readers, Editors, IP addresses and creators of derivative works to know what they can and can't do with the files in our encyclopedia.

Guidelines

• For a file to be considered "free" under BattleTechWiki's Image use policy, the license must permit both commercial reuse and derivative works.
• BattleTechWiki (and all Wikimedia projects) strongly prefer "free" files. Where no free file exists, it is sometimes permissible to use a non-free (copyright-protected) file under the "fair use" provision. Fair use, in the United States, is the legal right to use copyright-protected materials under certain conditions. BattleTechWiki has its own conditions that are more restrictive than what is legally permitted.
• All copyright and licensing tags should be put on a line of their own.
• Along with a tag, specify the source or copyright holder information. Provide as much detail as possible.
• If a file is not licensed under a standard license, please specify what the actual license states.
• If you tag a file as requiring attribution, please specify who needs to be attributed.
• If multiple categories apply to a file, add all that apply.

Tag lists

The following hypertexts link to specific lists of file copyright tags.

• Free licenses
• Public domain
• Other alternatives
• All copyright tags pertaining to specific licenses

Note: A file released under an unnamed license, or under a named license not included in the links above, may still be suitable for BattleTechWiki. Copyright tags indicating more general usage rights can be found in the copyright template category to which this page belongs.

Tag creators

If you are uploading many files with the same source and license, you can create a new copyright tag. Please propose the tag on this page's talk page. If you are not familiar with how to create templates which add images, please ask for assistance.

{{File template notice|name-of-the-tag}}

where name-of-the-tag is replaced with the actual name of the tag. In addition, include the template in the category File copyright templates by adding the following:

<noinclude>[[Category:File copyright templates|{{PAGENAME}}]]</noinclude>

See also

• Commons:Copyright tags
• Policy:Copyrights
• MediaWiki:Licenses – drop-down list displayed on Special:Upload
• The Case for Free Use: Reasons Not to Use a Creative Commons -NC at freedomdefined.org
• BattleTechWiki:Image use policy
• BattleTechWiki:Template index/Sources of articles for the appropriate copyright tags for PD text.