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</div></div></div></div><div class="wst-header-content header_notes_content wst-header-notes-content wst-unknown-notes-content"> <p>This page collects information and discussions about specific licenses and criteria to explain whether they are permissable on Wikisource. </p> </div></div></div> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Alphabetical_index"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Alphabetical index</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Conditions"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Conditions</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Prohibited"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Prohibited</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-4"><a href="#Fair_use"><span class="tocnumber">2.1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Fair use</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-5"><a href="#Non-commercial"><span class="tocnumber">2.1.2</span> <span class="toctext"><span>Non-commercial</span></span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-6"><a href="#Non-derivative"><span class="tocnumber">2.1.3</span> <span class="toctext"><span>Non-derivative</span></span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-7"><a href="#Orphaned"><span class="tocnumber">2.1.4</span> <span class="toctext">Orphaned</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-8"><a href="#Presumed_licensing"><span class="tocnumber">2.1.5</span> <span class="toctext"><span>Presumed licensing</span></span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-9"><a href="#Unenforceable_copyright"><span class="tocnumber">2.1.6</span> <span class="toctext"><span>Unenforceable copyright</span></span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#Licenses"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Licenses</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#Compatible"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Compatible</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-12"><a href="#Apache_2.0"><span class="tocnumber">3.1.1</span> <span class="toctext"><span>Apache 2.0</span></span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-13"><a href="#Creative_Commons_Attribution"><span class="tocnumber">3.1.2</span> <span class="toctext"><span>Creative Commons Attribution</span></span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-14"><a href="#Creative_Commons_Share-Alike"><span class="tocnumber">3.1.3</span> <span class="toctext"><span>Creative Commons Share-Alike</span></span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-15"><a href="#Open_Government_License"><span class="tocnumber">3.1.4</span> <span class="toctext"><span>Open Government License</span></span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16"><a href="#Not_compatible"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Not compatible</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-17"><a href="#Creative_Commons_Non-Commercial"><span class="tocnumber">3.2.1</span> <span class="toctext"><span>Creative Commons Non-Commercial</span></span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-18"><a href="#Creative_Commons_Non-Derivative"><span class="tocnumber">3.2.2</span> <span class="toctext"><span>Creative Commons Non-Derivative</span></span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-19"><a href="#GNU_Free_Documentation_License"><span class="tocnumber">3.2.3</span> <span class="toctext"><span>GNU Free Documentation License</span></span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-20"><a href="#Project_Gutenberg_License"><span class="tocnumber">3.2.4</span> <span class="toctext">Project Gutenberg License</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Alphabetical_index" data-mw-thread-id="h-Alphabetical_index"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Alphabetical_index"></span>Alphabetical index<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Alphabetical_index"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Licensing_compatibility&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Alphabetical index"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="#A2">Apache 2.0</a> (compatible)</li> <li><a href="#BY">Creative Commons attribution</a> (compatible) (the license used by Wikisource)</li> <li><a href="#CCNC">Creative Commons non-commercial</a> (prohibited)</li> <li><a href="#CCND">Creative Commons non-derivative</a> (prohibited)</li> <li><a href="#SA">Creative Commons share-alike</a> (compatible) (the license used by Wikisource)</li> <li><a href="#Fair_use">Fair use</a> (prohibited)</li> <li><a href="#GFDL">GNU free documentation license</a> (prohibited with some complications)</li> <li><a href="#NC">Non-commercial</a> (prohibited)</li> <li><a href="#ND">Non-derivative</a> (prohibited)</li> <li><a href="#OGL">Open Government License</a> (compatible)</li> <li><a href="#Orphaned">Orphaned</a> (prohibited)</li> <li><a href="#Presumed">Presumed</a> (prohibited)</li> <li><a href="#Unenforceable">Unenforceable copyright</a> (prohibited)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Conditions" data-mw-thread-id="h-Conditions"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Conditions"></span>Conditions<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Conditions"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Licensing_compatibility&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Conditions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prohibited" data-mw-thread-id="h-Prohibited-Conditions"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Prohibited-Conditions"></span>Prohibited<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Prohibited-Conditions"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Licensing_compatibility&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Prohibited"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Fair_use" data-mw-thread-id="h-Fair_use-Prohibited"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Fair_use-Prohibited"></span>Fair use<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Fair_use-Prohibited"></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Licensing_compatibility&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Fair use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;background:#CCC;color: #202122"><b>description</b> </td> <td style="padding-left:1em;"> <p><i>Fair use</i> or <i>fair dealing</i> is the concept that unlicenced copyrighted work can be legally used without paying licencing fees or recieving permission of the copyright holder (see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use" class="extiw" title="w:Fair use">Wikipedia's article on fair use</a>). </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;background:#CCC;color: #202122"><b>status</b> </td> <td style="padding-left:1em;"> <p><b>Fair use is explicitly prohibited on Wikisource</b>, since Wikisource's license allows use or distribution in circumstances where fair use is invalid (such as commercial exploitation). </p><p>Furthermore, as described by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use#Amount_and_substantiality" class="extiw" title="w:Fair use">Amount and substantiality</a> clause, <b>reproducing whole works is not fair use</b>. See the legal precedent set in <i>Harper & Row v. Nation Enterprises</i> (1985); as stated by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harper_%26_Row_v._Nation_Enterprises" class="extiw" title="w:Harper & Row v. Nation Enterprises">Wikipedia's article on the subject</a>, the US Supreme Court "<i>determined that fair use is not a defense to the appropriation of work by a famous political figure simply because of the public interest in learning of that political figure's account of an historic event.</i>" Further, "<i>the use of less than 400 words from President Ford's memoir by a political opinion magazine was interpreted as infringement because those few words represented "the heart of the book" and were, as such, substantial.</i>" </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;background:#CCC;color: #202122"><b>discussions</b> </td> <td style="padding-left:1em;" class="plainlinks"> <ul><li>On Wikisource <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Wikisource:Scriptorium/Archives/2005-12-15#Fair_use" title="Wikisource:Scriptorium/Archives/2005-12-15">Massive Copyvio Problem</a>" (<span style="font-size: 83%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource:S" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:S">Scriptorium</a>, December 2005</span>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wikisource:Proposed_deletions/Archives/2006/01#Categories_CC-by.2C_Explicit_Copyright_Licenses.2C_Fair_use.2C_GPL.2C_Public_domain" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:Proposed deletions/Archives/2006/01">Categories CC-by, Explicit Copyright Licenses, Fair use, GPL, Public domain</a>" (<span style="font-size: 83%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource:DEL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:DEL">Proposed deletions</a>, January 2006</span>)</li> <li>"<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Wikisource_talk:Copyright_policy&oldid=360578#Fair_use">Fair use</a>" (<span style="font-size: 83%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource_talk:Copyright_policy" title="Wikisource talk:Copyright policy">copyright policy discussion</a>, February 2006</span>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wikisource:Scriptorium/Archives/2006-03#Copyright_debate_at_mailing_list" title="Wikisource:Scriptorium/Archives/2006-03">Copyright debate at mailing list</a>" (<span style="font-size: 83%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource:S" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:S">Scriptorium</a>, March 2006</span>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wikisource:Scriptorium/Archives/2006-03#Fair_use_&_Speeches" title="Wikisource:Scriptorium/Archives/2006-03">Fair use & speeches</a>" (<span style="font-size: 83%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource:S" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:S">Scriptorium</a>, March 2006</span>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wikisource:News/2006-03-08/Debate_over_fair_use_on_Wikisource" title="Wikisource:News/2006-03-08/Debate over fair use on Wikisource">Debate over fair use on Wikisource</a>" (<span style="font-size: 83%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource:News" title="Wikisource:News">Wikisource news</a>, March 2006</span>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wikisource:Possible_copyright_violations/Archives/2006/04#Labyrinth_of_Solitude" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:Possible copyright violations/Archives/2006/04">Labyrinth of Solitude</a>" (<span style="font-size: 83%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource:COPYVIO" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:COPYVIO">Possible copyright violations</a>, April 2006</span>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wikisource:Scriptorium/Archives/2006-05#Fair_use_and_speeches" title="Wikisource:Scriptorium/Archives/2006-05">Fair use and speeches</a>" (<span style="font-size: 83%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource:S" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:S">Scriptorium</a>, May 2006</span>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wikisource:Scriptorium/Archives/2007-04#Public_domain_materials_with_limited_fair_use_items" title="Wikisource:Scriptorium/Archives/2007-04">Public domain materials with limited fair use items</a>" (<span style="font-size: 83%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource:S" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:S">Scriptorium</a>, March 2007</span>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wikisource:Proposed_deletions#Template:Fair_Use" title="Wikisource:Proposed deletions">Template:Fair Use</a>" (<span style="font-size: 83%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource:Proposed_deletions" title="Wikisource:Proposed deletions">Proposed deletions</a>, August 2023</span>)</li></ul></li> <li>Elsewhere <ul><li>"<a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Do_fair_use_images_violate_the_GFDL%3F" class="extiw" title="m:Do fair use images violate the GFDL?">Do fair use images violate the GFDL?</a>" (<a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="m:">Meta</a>)</li> <li>"<a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Permission_grant_extent" class="extiw" title="m:Permission grant extent">Permission grant extent</a>" (<a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="m:">Meta</a>)</li> <li>"<a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fair_use" class="extiw" title="m:Fair use">Fair use</a> (<a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="m:">Meta</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Non-commercial" data-mw-thread-id="h-Non-commercial-Prohibited"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Non-commercial-Prohibited"></span><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r14317252">.mw-parser-output .wst-anchor:target{background-color:rgba(100,149,237,0.1);color:#202122;outline:1px solid cornflowerblue}</style><span id="NC" title="Anchor:NC" class="wst-anchor">Non-commercial</span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Non-commercial-Prohibited"></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Licensing_compatibility&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Non-commercial"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;background:#CCC;color: #202122"><b>description</b> </td> <td style="padding-left:1em;"> <p><i>Non-commercial</i> criteria limit or disallow the use or distribution of a work for commercial purposes or contexts. These criteria usually make no distinction between profit-making and non-profit fundraising. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;background:#CCC;color: #202122"><b>status</b> </td> <td style="padding-left:1em;"> <p>Although Wikisource itself does not make commercial use of works, its license does allow redistributors to make such commercial use. For example, this makes it possible to distribute Wikisource content as part of a free operating system mailed on low-cost DVDs. Therefore, works with non-commercial licenses are prohibited on Wikisource. </p><p>Such licenses are prohibited by decision of the Chairman Emeritus and former President of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" class="extiw" title="w:Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a>, as indicated by the 2004 message by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales" class="extiw" title="w:Jimmy Wales">Jimbo Wales</a> entitled "<a class="external text" href="https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2004-April/012156.html">[WikiEN-l] Use of noncommercial-only images</a>". In 2006, Jimbo Wales explicitly confirmed in <a href="ircs://irc.libera.chat/#wikimedia" class="extiw" title="liberachat:">#wikimedia</a> that this decision applied to Wikisource, declaring that "Noncomercial-only licenses are basically the same thing as torturing kittens." <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Angela" class="extiw" title="w:User:Angela">Angela</a>, board member, has also explicitly stated noncommercial licenses to be unacceptable; see "<a class="external text" href="https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2006-February/019368.html">[Foundation-l] Re: [Juriwiki-l] Re: Copyright complaints</a>". </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;background:#CCC;color: #202122"><b>discussions</b> </td> <td style="padding-left:1em;" class="plainlinks"> <ul><li>Wikisource <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Wikisource:Scriptorium/Archives/2006-03#CC-NC_license?" title="Wikisource:Scriptorium/Archives/2006-03">CC-NC license?</a>" (<span style="font-size: 83%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource:S" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:S">Scriptorium</a>, March 2006</span>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wikisource:Scriptorium/Archives/2006-03#Noncommercial_licenses_prohibited" title="Wikisource:Scriptorium/Archives/2006-03">Noncommercial licenses prohibited</a>" (<span style="font-size: 83%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource:S" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:S">Scriptorium</a>, March 2006</span>)</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Foundation <ul><li>"<a class="external text" href="https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2004-April/012148.html">Use of noncommercial-only images</a>" (<span style="font-size: 83%;">WikiEN-l, April 2004</span>)</li> <li>"<a class="external text" href="https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2006-February/019368.html">Copyright complaints</a>" (<span style="font-size: 83%;">Foundation-l, February 2006</span>)</li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Non-derivative" data-mw-thread-id="h-Non-derivative-Prohibited"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Non-derivative-Prohibited"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14317252"><span id="ND" title="Anchor:ND" class="wst-anchor">Non-derivative</span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Non-derivative-Prohibited"></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Licensing_compatibility&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Non-derivative"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;background:#CCC;color: #202122"><b>description</b> </td> <td style="padding-left:1em;"> <p><i>Non-derivative</i> criteria limit or disallow modifications, translations, or derived works such as musical arrangements, dramatizations, fictionalizations, motion picture versions, sound recordings, art reproductions, abridgments, condensations, or annotations. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;background:#CCC;color: #202122"><b>status</b> </td> <td style="padding-left:1em;"> <p>Non-derivative works are prohibited on Wikisource, whose license allows end-users and redistributors to make derivative works from all Wikisource content. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;background:#CCC;color: #202122"><b>discussions</b> </td> <td style="padding-left:1em;" class="plainlinks"> <ul><li>on Wikisource <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Wikisource:Scriptorium/Archives/2006-03#Copyright_debate_at_mailing_list" title="Wikisource:Scriptorium/Archives/2006-03">Copyright debate at mailing list</a>" (<span style="font-size: 83%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource:S" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:S">Scriptorium</a>, March 2006</span>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wikisource:Possible_copyright_violations/Archives/2006/04#British_Statutes_After_1955" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:Possible copyright violations/Archives/2006/04">British Statutes After 1955</a>" (<span style="font-size: 83%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource:COPYVIO" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:COPYVIO">Possible copyright violations</a>, April 2006</span>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wikisource:Scriptorium/Archives/2006-07#UK_Acts_of_Parliament" title="Wikisource:Scriptorium/Archives/2006-07">UK Acts of Parliament</a>" (<span style="font-size: 83%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource:S" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:S">Scriptorium</a>, July 2006</span>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wikisource:Scriptorium/Archives/2006-12#British_and_Canadian_laws" title="Wikisource:Scriptorium/Archives/2006-12">British and Canadian laws</a> (<span style="font-size: 83%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource:S" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:S">Scriptorium</a>, December 2006</span>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wikisource:Possible_copyright_violations/Archives/2007/01#British_Crown_Copyright" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:Possible copyright violations/Archives/2007/01">British Crown Copyright</a>" (<span style="font-size: 83%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource:COPYVIO" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:COPYVIO">Possible copyright violations</a>, January 2007</span>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wikisource:Scriptorium/Archives/2007-02#UK_legislation" title="Wikisource:Scriptorium/Archives/2007-02">UK legislation</a>" (<span style="font-size: 83%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource:S" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:S">Scriptorium</a>, February 2007</span>)</li> <li>"<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Wikisource_talk:Copyright_policy&oldid=360578#UK.2FCanadian_Legislation">UK/Canadian Legislation</a>" (<span style="font-size: 83%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource:S" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:S">Copyright policy discussion</a>, February 2007</span>)</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Foundation <ul><li><span style="font-size: 83%;">2004-05:</span> <a class="external text" href="https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/htdig/foundation-l/2004-May/013571.html">[Foundation-l] Copyright issues of wikimedia projects</a></li> <li><span style="font-size: 83%;">2006-02:</span> <a class="external text" href="https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/htdig/foundation-l/2006-February/019415.html">[Foundation-l] Re: [Juriwiki-l] Re: Copyright complaints</a></li> <li><span style="font-size: 83%;">2006-05:</span> <a class="external text" href="https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/htdig/foundation-l/2006-May/020257.html">[Foundation-l] RfC: A Free Content and Expression Definition</a></li> <li><span style="font-size: 83%;">2006-05:</span> <a class="external text" href="https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/htdig/foundation-l/2006-May/020354.html">[Foundation-l] A Wikisource Definition (was: RfC: A Free Content and Expression Definition)</a></li> <li><span style="font-size: 83%;">2006-08:</span> <a class="external text" href="https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/htdig/foundation-l/2006-August/022583.html">[Foundation-l] Foundation's position on non-free images</a></li> <li><span style="font-size: 83%;">2007-02:</span> <a class="external text" href="https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2007-February/027547.html">[Foundation-l] Clearing up Wikimedia's media licensing policies</a></li> <li><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/project:Project_scope" class="extiw" title="commons:project:Project scope">Wikimedia Commons project scope</a></li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Orphaned" data-mw-thread-id="h-Orphaned-Prohibited"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Orphaned-Prohibited"></span>Orphaned<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Orphaned-Prohibited"></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Licensing_compatibility&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Orphaned"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;background:#CCC;color: #202122"><b>description</b> </td> <td style="padding-left:1em;"> <p>An <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/orphaned_work" class="extiw" title="w:orphaned work">orphaned work</a></i> is one whose copyright exists or may exist, but whose copyright holder is difficult or impossible to contact. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;background:#CCC;color: #202122"><b>status</b> </td> <td style="padding-left:1em;"> <p>Orphaned works are prohibited on Wikisource, which seeks to build a <i><a href="/wiki/Wikisource:COPY#definition" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:COPY">free content</a></i> library. Although the copyrighted works may be freely exploited for the time being or in limited situations, the rights have nonetheless not granted and the works are not free. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;background:#CCC;color: #202122"><b>discussions</b> </td> <td style="padding-left:1em;" class="plainlinks"> <ul><li>Wikisource <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Wikisource:Possible_copyright_violations/Archives/2006/11#Works_in_Category_:Orphan_works" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:Possible copyright violations/Archives/2006/11">Works in Category :Orphan works</a>" (<span style="font-size: 83%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource:COPYVIO" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:COPYVIO">Possible copyright violations</a>, November 2006</span>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wikisource_talk:Copyright_policy#Unenforceable_copyright.2FPresumed_PD_Without_Release" title="Wikisource talk:Copyright policy">Unenforceable copyright/Presumed PD Without Release</a>" (<span style="font-size: 83%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource_talk:Copyright_policy" title="Wikisource talk:Copyright policy">Copyright policy discussion</a>, November 2006</span>)</li> <li>"<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Wikisource_talk:Copyright_policy&oldid=360578#Orphan_Works">Orphan works</a>" (<span style="font-size: 83%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource_talk:Copyright_policy" title="Wikisource talk:Copyright policy">Copyright policy discussion</a>, November 2006</span>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wikisource:News/2006-11-11/Controversy_over_copyright_restrictions" title="Wikisource:News/2006-11-11/Controversy over copyright restrictions">Controversy over copyright restrictions</a>" (<span style="font-size: 83%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource:News" title="Wikisource:News">Wikisource news</a>, November 2006</span>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wikisource:Scriptorium/Archives/2006-12#Orphan_Works" title="Wikisource:Scriptorium/Archives/2006-12">Orphan works</a>" (<span style="font-size: 83%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource:S" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:S">Scriptorium</a>, December 2006</span>)</li></ul></li> <li>Elsewhere <ul><li>"<a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/American_non-acceptance_of_the_rule_of_the_shorter_term" class="extiw" title="m:American non-acceptance of the rule of the shorter term">American non-acceptance of the rule of the shorter term</a>" (<a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="m:">Meta</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Presumed_licensing" data-mw-thread-id="h-Presumed_licensing-Prohibited"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Presumed_licensing-Prohibited"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14317252"><span id="Presumed" title="Anchor:Presumed" class="wst-anchor">Presumed licensing</span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Presumed_licensing-Prohibited"></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Licensing_compatibility&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Presumed licensing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;background:#CCC;color: #202122"><b>description</b> </td> <td style="padding-left:1em;"> <p><i>Presumed licensing</i> refers to works whose licenses are unknown but are <i>likely</i> to be a compatible license or criteria. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;background:#CCC;color: #202122"><b>status</b> </td> <td style="padding-left:1em;"> <p>These are generally prohibited. However, some very limited conditions have been permitted by the community, most notably regarding public speeches. No works should be added to Wikisource under a presumed license or condition except for scenarios explicitly permitted by the Wikisource community, start a discussion at <a href="/wiki/Wikisource:Possible_copyright_violations" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:Possible copyright violations">Wikisource:Possible copyright violations</a> before posting works: </p> <ul><li>An unscheduled or impromptu speech would by its nature not allow for a written foundation, so would not be covered by US copyright laws, hence would be PD and could be hosted on WS.</li> <li><s>Manifestos or open letters that are not explicitly or implicitly copyrighted and are intended for widespread distribution.</s> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:PD-manifesto&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template:PD-manifesto (page does not exist)">Template:PD-manifesto</a> was deleted.</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;background:#CCC;color: #202122"><b>discussions</b> </td> <td style="padding-left:1em;" class="plainlinks"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Wikisource:Possible_copyright_violations/Archives/2006/08#Speeches" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:Possible copyright violations/Archives/2006/08">Speeches</a>" (<span style="font-size: 83%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource:COPYVIO" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:COPYVIO">Possible copyright violations</a>, August 2006</span>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wikisource:DEL#Pages_from_Category:Suicide_notes" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:DEL">Pages from Category:Suicide notes</a>" (<span style="font-size: 83%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource:DEL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:DEL">Proposed deletions</a>, November 2006</span>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wikisource:Possible_copyright_violations/Archives/2006/11#O.J._Simpson_suicide_note" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:Possible copyright violations/Archives/2006/11">O.J. Simpson suicide note</a>"(<span style="font-size: 83%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource:COPYVIO" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:COPYVIO">Possible copyright violations</a>, November 2006</span>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wikisource_talk:Copyright_policy#Unenforceable_copyright.2FPresumed_PD_Without_Release" title="Wikisource talk:Copyright policy">Unenforceable copyright/Presumed PD Without Release</a>" (<span style="font-size: 83%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource_talk:Copyright_policy" title="Wikisource talk:Copyright policy">Copyright policy discussion</a>, November 2006</span>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wikisource:News/2006-11-11/Controversy_over_copyright_restrictions" title="Wikisource:News/2006-11-11/Controversy over copyright restrictions">Controversy over copyright restrictions</a>" (<span style="font-size: 83%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource:News" title="Wikisource:News">Wikisource news</a>, November 2006</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikisource:Possible_copyright_violations/Archives/2007-08#Public_speeches_in_general" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:Possible copyright violations/Archives/2007-08">Public speeches in general</a> (<span style="font-size: 83%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource:COPYVIO" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:COPYVIO">Possible copyright violations</a>, December 2006</span>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/User:Physchim62/Copyright_in_speeches" title="User:Physchim62/Copyright in speeches">Copyright in speeches</a>" (<span style="font-size: 83%;">essay by <a href="/wiki/User:Physchim62" title="User:Physchim62">User:Physchim62</a></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikisource:Scriptorium/Archives/2007-06#Speeches" title="Wikisource:Scriptorium/Archives/2007-06">Speeches</a> (<span style="font-size: 83%;">June 2007</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikisource:Possible_copyright_violations/Archives/2010-12#List_of_Countries_Where_Politicians.27_Speeches_are_Copyright-Free" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:Possible copyright violations/Archives/2010-12">List of Countries Where Politicians' Speeches are Copyright-Free</a> (<span style="font-size: 83%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource:COPYVIO" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:COPYVIO">Possible copyright violations</a>, April 2010</span>)</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Unenforceable_copyright" data-mw-thread-id="h-Unenforceable_copyright-Prohibited"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Unenforceable_copyright-Prohibited"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r14317252"><span id="Unenforceable" title="Anchor:Unenforceable" class="wst-anchor">Unenforceable copyright</span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Unenforceable_copyright-Prohibited"></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Licensing_compatibility&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Unenforceable copyright"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;background:#CCC;color: #202122"><b>description</b> </td> <td style="padding-left:1em;"> <p><i>Unenforceable copyright</i> is a copyright that is otherwise valid in the United States but cannot be enforced due to specific circumstances, such as an application of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Emergency_Economic_Powers_Act" class="extiw" title="w:International Emergency Economic Powers Act">International Emergency Economic Powers Act</a> (which makes all commerce with an enemy state or organisation illegal). </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;background:#CCC;color: #202122"><b>status</b> </td> <td style="padding-left:1em;"> <p>Unenforceable copyright is prohibited on Wikisource, which seeks to build a <i><a href="/wiki/Wikisource:COPY#definition" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:COPY">free content</a></i> library. Although the copyrighted works may be freely exploited for the time being or in limited situations, the rights have nonetheless not been granted and the works are prohibited. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;background:#CCC;color: #202122"><b>discussions</b> </td> <td style="padding-left:1em;" class="plainlinks"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Wikisource:Proposed_deletions/Archives/2006/11#Pages_from_Category:Suicide_notes" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:Proposed deletions/Archives/2006/11">Pages from Category:Suicide notes</a>" (<span style="font-size: 83%;"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource:DEL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:DEL">Proposed deletions</a>, November 2006</span>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wikisource:Possible_copyright_violations/Archives/2006/11#O.J._Simpson_suicide_note" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisource:Possible copyright violations/Archives/2006/11">O.J. 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