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