Help:License templates

The license(s) of each FamilySearch Wiki image should reflect the license(s) in the original source. Select from among the following license templates to display the corresponding permission status of each image after  inserting the template Information, Flickr or Geograph:

Template:Information
Copy and paste the contents of one of the following boxes, and then fill-in each line after the = .

Template:Self

 * Use this template when you are self-publishing your own work for the first time.


 * When tagging another author's self-published work which originally used this template, it is better to use the   template below.

Template:Self2

 * Use this template for second-person authors whose work and licenses were first self-published elsewhere within a   template.

Public domain license templates

 * See also Template:Cc-zero, a Creative Commons public domain license.

Template:PD

 * PD is generic. Where possible, always use more specific public domain (PD) templates like PD-author, or for your own work PD-self.

Template:PD-author

 * Use this template for second-person authors whose work and license were first published elsewhere with a   template.


 * When tagging your own work it is better to use the   template.

Template:PD-old-auto
If you provide the death year of the author (for example, 1941) in a parameter like this:  , this template will automatically calculate and display the most favorable (longest allowable) copyright restriction as life of the author plus either 70, 75, 80, 90, or 100 years. Each year the template will automatically recalculate the restriction without further editing.

Template:PD-old
Prefer PD-old-auto. Do not use PD-old directly.

Template:PD-old-75
Prefer PD-old-auto. Do not use PD-old-75 directly.

Template:PD-old-80
Prefer PD-old-auto. Do not use PD-old-80 directly.

Template:PD-old-90
Prefer PD-old-auto. Do not use PD-old-90 directly.

Template:PD-old-100
Prefer PD-old-auto. Do not use PD-old-100 directly.

Template:PD-self

 * Use this template when you are self-publishing a work for the first time.


 * When tagging another author's self-published work which originally used this template, it is better to use the   template.