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<div style="padding:10px; border:1px solid #cccccf; background:#fcfcff; color:#000;">''This file is '''ineligible for [[RRU Knowledge Base:Copyrights|copyright]]''' and therefore in the [[Wikipedia:Public_domain|'''public domain''']] because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship.''</div>
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| type    = license
==Usage instructions==
| image = [[File:PD-icon.png|Public domain|link=|50px]]
Use this template to mark a file that has been identified as being ineligible for copyright protection due to it:
| text    = ''This file is '''ineligible for [[RRU Knowledge Base:Copyrights|copyright]]''' and therefore in the [[Wikipedia:Public_domain|'''public domain''']] because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship.''}}{{file other
| [[Category:Public domain files ineligible for copyright|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}<noinclude>
==Usage==
This template categorizes files into [[:Category:Public domain files ineligible for copyright]]. It can be used by placing the tag {{tlc|PD-ineligible}} at the end of a file's page.
 
Files may be identified as being ineligible for copyright protection due to:
# Consisting only of information that is in the public domain
# Consisting only of information that is in the public domain
# Lacking evidence of original authorship/creative input of any kind
# Lacking evidence of original authorship/creative input of any kind
# Failing to pass the [[Wikipedia:Threshold of originality|threshold of originality]]


Examples of files ineligible for copyright would include images of national flags.
To use this template, place the following at the end of a file's description:
<pre><nowiki>==Licensing==
{{PD-ineligible}}</nowiki></pre>
[[Category:Licensing templates]]</noinclude>
[[Category:Licensing templates]]</noinclude>

Latest revision as of 23:08, 18 March 2018

Public domain

This file is ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship.

Usage

This template categorizes files into Category:Public domain files ineligible for copyright. It can be used by placing the tag {{PD-ineligible}} at the end of a file's page.

Files may be identified as being ineligible for copyright protection due to:

  1. Consisting only of information that is in the public domain
  2. Lacking evidence of original authorship/creative input of any kind
  3. Failing to pass the threshold of originality