MediaWiki:Licenses

Your own work (best practices):
- CC-by-sa-3.0-or-later|Released under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike (3.0 or later)
- CC-by-sa-3.0|Released under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike (Version 3.0 only)
- CC-by-sa-3.0-or-later-de|DEUTSCH: Lizenziert unter Creative Commons "Namensnennung, Weitergabe unter gleichen Beding., Deutschl." (Vers. 3 oder höher)
- cc-zero|Public domain through "CC0 waiver" (own work, all rights waived)
- PD-self|Public domain, own work, all rights released
Not self-made:
- Has previously been released under Creative Commons licenses
  - CC-by-sa-3.0-or-later|Attribution ShareAlike (3.0 or later)
  - CC-by-sa-3.0|Released Attribution ShareAlike (3.0 only)
  - CC-by-sa-2.5|Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 (2.5 only)
  - CC-by-sa-2.0|Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 (2.0 only)
  - CC-by-nc-sa-3.0-or-later|Attribution ShareAlike, NC=commercial rights reserved (3.0 or later)
  - CC-by-nc-sa-3.0|Attribution ShareAlike, NC=commercial rights reserved (3.0 only)
  - CC-by-nc-sa-2.5|Attribution ShareAlike, NC=commercial rights reserved (2.5 only)
  - CC-by-nc-sa-2.0|Attribution ShareAlike, NC=commercial rights reserved (2.0 only)
  - CC-by-3.0|Attribution 3.0
  - CC-by-2.5|Attribution 2.5
- Is in the Public domain:
  - PD-old|Author died more than 70 years ago
  - PD-Art|Reproduction of a painting that is in the public domain because of its age
  - PD-US|First published in the United States before 1923
  - PD-USGov|Original work of the US Federal Government
  - PD-ineligible|Too simple to be copyrighted, not your own work

Other alternatives:
- Copyrighted free use|Copyrighted, but may be used for any purpose, including commercially
- Attribution|May be used for any purpose, including commercially, if the copyright holder is properly attributed

MediaWiki:Licenses

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