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wikiHow:Image Licenses

Image Licenses Used on wikiHow

Unfortunately, the vast majority of images found on the Internet are not freely licensed. Here is a list of acceptable image licenses used on wikiHow:

• Creative Commons:
  
  
  • Attribution License (CC-BY)
  • Attribution - No Derivatives License (CC-BY-ND) - Do not modify these images.
  • Attribution - ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA)
    
    
• Fair Use - Some narrow cases of copyrighted images, such as screenshots of websites or software programs, and some promotional images.
  
  
• GNU Free Document License (GFDL) - Also used on Wikipedia.
  
  
• Public Domain - Anything explicitly in the public domain, such as U.S. government images, images over 100 years old, etc.
  
  
• Many other similar licenses that allow unlimited sharing and modification.
  
  
• For any other licensing, obtain explicit permission from the copyright holder and attribute their work.