Template:CC-notice/doc

This is a template to indicate the license type, URL and author(s) of material that has been copied as permitted under a compatible Creative Commons license, and is usually placed in the references section of an article.

This template should not be used when merely citing a source, but still write all the article content in your own words. Do not use this template inside <ref>...</ref> tags unless you are quoting or copying content from the cited source directly (word-for-word) into the article.

Usage

Parameters

cc: The license type, indicated by one of the following short names (lowercase, no decimals or spaces)

Short name	License type
zero	CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
by	Attribution 1.0 Generic (CC BY 1.0)
by2	Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)
by3	Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)
by4	Attribution 4.0 Unported (CC BY 4.0)
by3au	Attribution 3.0 Australia (CC BY 3.0 AU)
by3us	Attribution 3.0 United States (CC BY 3.0 US)
bysa	Attribution-ShareAlike 1.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 1.0)
bysa2	Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.5)
bysa3	Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)

url: The URL of the source page from which the licensed material was copied

author(s): the author or authors of the source. This is needed to meet the "appropriate credit" provision of many Creative Commons licenses, which provide (for examples in all of those covered by this template) that: "If supplied, you must provide the name of the creator and attribution parties". This field is not always required, as some sources simply do not supply the authors, and for others (for example, Wikipedia content), it is specified that a link to the URL of a page, which has an accessible page history, is sufficient credit to its author or authors.

Examples

{{CC-notice|cc=zero|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page}}

 This article incorporates text available under the CC0 license.

{{CC-notice|cc=zero|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page|author(s)=John, Ringo, George and Paul}}

 This article incorporates text by John, Ringo, George and Paul available under the CC0 license.

{{CC-notice|cc=by|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page|author(s)=John, Ringo, George and Paul}}

 This article incorporates text by John, Ringo, George and Paul available under the CC BY 1.0 license.

{{CC-notice|cc=by2|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page|author(s)=John, Ringo, George and Paul}}

 This article incorporates text by John, Ringo, George and Paul available under the CC BY 2.0 license.

{{CC-notice|cc=by3|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page|author(s)=John, Ringo, George and Paul}}

 This article incorporates text by John, Ringo, George and Paul available under the CC BY 3.0 license.

{{CC-notice|cc=by4|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page|author(s)=John, Ringo, George and Paul}}

 This article incorporates text by John, Ringo, George and Paul available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

{{CC-notice|cc=by3au|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page|author(s)=John, Ringo, George and Paul}}

 This article incorporates text by John, Ringo, George and Paul available under the CC BY 3.0 AU licence.

{{CC-notice|cc=by3us|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page|author(s)=John, Ringo, George and Paul}}

 This article incorporates text by John, Ringo, George and Paul available under the CC BY 3.0 US license.

{{CC-notice|cc=bysa|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page|author(s)=John, Ringo, George and Paul}}

 This article incorporates text by John, Ringo, George and Paul available under the CC BY-SA 1.0 license.

{{CC-notice|cc=bysa2|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page|author(s)=John, Ringo, George and Paul}}

 This article incorporates text by John, Ringo, George and Paul available under the CC BY-SA 2.0 license.

{{CC-notice|cc=bysa3|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page|author(s)=John, Ringo, George and Paul}}

 This article incorporates text by John, Ringo, George and Paul available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license.

{{CC-notice|cc=bysa4|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page|author(s)=John, Ringo, George and Paul}}