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Template:PD-signature

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Public domain
This signature is believed to be ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain because it falls below the required level of originality for copyright protection both in the United States and in the source country (if different). In this case, the source country (e.g. the country of nationality of the signatory) is believed to be ***Tag invalid. You must provide the source country as a parameter.***.
Note that this tag cannot be used on all signatures, as not all signatures are copyright-free.
See Commons:When to use the PD-signature tag for an explanation of when the tag may be used.
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Signature warning This file depicts a signature. Signatures are often protected by fraud, forgery, and counterfeiting laws, as well as other restrictions unrelated to copyright law. It is up to reusers to determine whether their use of this file is in compliance with relevant laws. See our general disclaimer.

This template marks all images released under PD-signature.

The template automatically sets the following categories: Category:PD signature or

Usage

{{PD-signature |1= }}

The template takes one mandatory parameter, which is the name of the source country (the country of first publication, if known, or as a fallback the individual's country of nationality) so that a judgement can be made as the minimum level of originality required under local law. If the parameter is omitted, or if the signature is arguably complex/creative enough to attract copyright, then the image cannot be assumed free and must be deleted under the precautionary principle.

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionDefaultStatus
1Name of the country or its ISO code (e.g. EE = Estonia — for a list see en:ISO 3166-1 alpha-2). ISO codes will be translated to other languages.emptyrequired

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the File namespace

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users

Relies on:
{{PD-Layout}}, {{CountryName}}

Example

{{PD-signature|DE}}

renders as:

Public domain
This signature is believed to be ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain because it falls below the required level of originality for copyright protection both in the United States and in the source country (if different). In this case, the source country (e.g. the country of nationality of the signatory) is believed to be Germany.
Note that this tag cannot be used on all signatures, as not all signatures are copyright-free.
See Commons:When to use the PD-signature tag for an explanation of when the tag may be used.

Localization

Bahasa Melayu  čeština  Deutsch  English  español  français  galego  italiano  português  polski  português do Brasil  română  sicilianu  slovenščina  svenska  македонски  বাংলা  日本語  中文  中文(中国大陆)  中文(台灣)  中文(繁體)  العربية  +/−

This template is localized through {{Autotranslate}}. The layout of the template can be found under Template:PD-signature/layout.

To add your language to the list of languages supported by this template, please copy the code of Template:PD-signature/en (or any other language version you prefer to translate) and replace the text strings in there (the form below can be used to create a translation, the English version is preloaded in the edit box). Please change the parameter lang from en (or whatever language you are translating) to the language code of your language.


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