Wikipedia:File copyright tags/Free licenses

Free content is free as in freedom. This page links to some of the most popular licenses for releasing such content. This page can be reached via http://enwp.org/WP:ICT/FL when forwarding the full URL is not convenient. If an image is available under one of these licenses, it is acceptable to be used in Wikipedia.

 
BSD

Generally, a work licensed under a CC tag with more requirements cannot be integrated into a work licensed under a more permissive CC license (such as integrating a CC BY-SA work into a CC BY work), unless the entire target work switches to the less permissive license.

Other Creative Commons licenses exist but are non-free for use in Wikipedia. See Non-free Creative Commons licenses for a full list and explanation.

 
Free Art license

GNU's Not Unix!

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Note: The licenses in this section require reprinting the entire license text with any reuse of the image. If you created the image yourself, please consider using a different license. If one includes any of the content, the entire book/section goes under GFDL, unlike CC BY-SA.

MIT (Expat)

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Mozilla

UK Government

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Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  • {{OGL}} – Open Government Licence version 1.0
  • {{OGL-2.0}} – Open Government Licence version 2.0
  • {{OGL-3.0}} – Open Government Licence version 3.0