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All images on Team Fortress Wiki must be accompanied by a '''license''' template that shows the copyright status of the image. This article lists the types of licensing templates available for use.
 
All images on Team Fortress Wiki must be accompanied by a '''license''' template that shows the copyright status of the image. This article lists the types of licensing templates available for use.
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== Guidelines ==
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Images and media on the Team Fortress Wiki must follow these licensing guidelines.
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* All images '''must''' have a license template appear on their file page;
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* The license template used must be '''correct'''; examples of incorrect licensing:
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** claiming fair use justification ({{tl|FairUse}}) on an screenshot image;
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** using a public domain ({{tl|PD}}) license on a copyrighted image;
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** using a Creative Commons license on a logo image or other trademark.
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For guidelines on image quality and resolution, please see '''[[Team Fortress Wiki:Images]]'''.
  
 
== Game content ==
 
== Game content ==

Revision as of 22:03, 28 July 2010

All images on Team Fortress Wiki must be accompanied by a license template that shows the copyright status of the image. This article lists the types of licensing templates available for use.

Guidelines

Images and media on the Team Fortress Wiki must follow these licensing guidelines.

  • All images must have a license template appear on their file page;
  • The license template used must be correct; examples of incorrect licensing:
    • claiming fair use justification ({{FairUse}}) on an screenshot image;
    • using a public domain ({{PD}}) license on a copyrighted image;
    • using a Creative Commons license on a logo image or other trademark.

For guidelines on image quality and resolution, please see Team Fortress Wiki:Images.

Game content

Any Team Fortress 2 images, screenshots, audio clips, other content extracted from game files or artwork or concept images created by Valve should use the following templates. Do not mark any of this content using other licenses or claiming it under fair use.

The majority of files uploaded will use these licenses.

Artwork

  • {{ArtworkTF2}}
    • for all artwork, concept images, or other drawings by Valve for the game, including content from the official blog.

Screenshots

  • {{ScreenshotTF2}}
    • for all TF2 screenshots, regardless of who took them. including screenshot from the Model Viewer.

Audio

  • {{AudioTF2}}
    • for audio clips, music, sound effects or other audio-related files extracted from the game files.

Other game media

  • {{ExtractTF2}}
    • for media extracted from the game files, such as materials. Content taken from the GCF cache file, that do not fit any of the above categories.

Valve content

  • {{Valve content}}
    • for any content owned by Valve that does not pertain to a particular game (e.g. non-TF2 game logos, etc)
  • {{ExtractL4D}}
    • for any content extracted from Left 4 Dead or Left 4 Dead 2, such as materials from the VPKs.

Free content

Creative Commons

Images or media that use a Creative Commons license.

Public domain

Images or media that have been released into the public domain.

  • {{PD}}
    • for images which have been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, whose copyright has expired or are ineligible for copyright.
  • {{PD-self}}
    • for images that you yourself have created and release into the public domain.

GNU licenses

Fair Art License

Non-free content