Template:GFDL/doc

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Effective 15 October 2018 this is no longer an option for media like photos and video. See the accepted proposal to phase out GFDL for most media. Existing content is not affected. Read Commons:Licensing for the current policy.

Displays a GNU Free Documentation License notice.

The template automatically sets the following categories: Category:GFDL

Usage

{{GFDL |migration= }}

In 2009, GFDL media files were mass migrated to dual GFDL/CC-BY-SA licensing on Commons. To facilitate this effort, a "migration" parameter was added to the GFDL template. If the parameter is not specified, a generic notice is displayed saying that the file may be eligible for dual licensing. Other options are as follows:

Template parameters

Parameter	Description		Default	Status
migration	relicense Adds a CC-BY-SA-3.0 tag immediately below the GFDL tag redundant Removes the migration notice and categorizes the image as not needing an update because it was already dual licensed as CC-BY-3.0 or CC-BY-SA-3.0 by its copyright holder not-eligible Removes the migration notice and categorizes the image as not meeting the update criteria needs-review Marks the file as needing careful review to determine if it meets the update criteria opt-out For use by copyright holders that want to opt-out of the license migration		empty	optional

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

See also

• {{GFDL-1.2}}
• {{GFDL-1.3}}
• {{GFDL-1.3-only}}
• {{GFDL-with-disclaimers}}
• {{GFDL-unspecified}}

Localization

This template is localized by utilizing MediaWiki namespace messages. These can be translated at translatewiki.net (current translations).