Commons Archive:Copyrights

In order to facilitate the free exchange of textual content between Commons Archive and Wikimedia Commons, all textual content on Commons Archive is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike License 3.0 and the GFDL, the same license used by Wikimedia Commons. The copyright status of each file is indicated explicitly on its file description page. Commons Archive makes no warranty that legal information provided about the copyright status of files is fully accurate, and represents only a best-effort assessment.

Commons Archive only accepts files under the same licenses accepted by Wikimedia Commons. Commercial use and derivative works must be permitted without restriction. Usually, source materials are expected to be licensed under the same license as their derivative works on Commons, but this is not required - it is permitted to use a stricter license for the source materials as long as it is one accepted by Wikimedia Commons.

Any work violating copyright in the United States, where Commons Archive is hosted and operated, will be deleted. Users who repeatedly upload works violating copyright may be blocked from contributing.

If you identify a file on Commons Archive that you believe is in violation of a copyright that you hold, please e-mail the site owner at [mailto:dc@moonflare.com dc@moonflare.com] for assistance.