Template talk:PD-USGov-DOE
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[edit] NOTE ON THIS TEMPLATE
Not all DOE operating units have the same copyright policy; some claim no copyrights while others reserve the right to as part of their contracts with DOE. Please check the site and the unit before assuming PD-USGov.
- Labs explicitly claiming copyrights and/or requiring non-free licensing:
- Sandia National Laboratories [1]
- Brookhaven National Laboratory[2]
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory [3] (allows "non-commercial, educational, or scientific use," but other work potentially copyrighted)
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory [4]
- ...which says "These documents may be freely distributed and used for non-commercial, scientific and educational purposes." For commercial uses, one would have to get the permission of either ORNL or the DOE. Therefore, this is not PD but a "non-commercial only" license. Lupo 08:01, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory[5]. Same as Oak Ridge.
- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory[6]
- Spallation Neutron Source — Uses the same copyright policy page as Oak Ridge.
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- IMAGES IN THE ABOVE CATEGORY CANNOT USE A PD TAG; THEY MUST BE JUSTIFIED AS "FAIR USE"
- Labs which require attribution of some sort:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory[7]
- Note that scientific and technical information is © 2006 Los Alamos National Security, LLC All rights reserved.
- Los Alamos National Laboratory[7]
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- YOU NEED TO USE {{PD-LosAlamos}} TO INCLUDE REQUIRED ATTRIBUTION.
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- Argonne National Laboratory: Their image library appears to be published under a "free use with attribution" license.[8]
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- YOU CAN USE (THIS) PD TAG. Attribution must be included that's nothing extra as it is required for all images.
- Labs with ambiguous or nonexistant copyright policies:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory[9] (seems to imply that they consider their work potentially copyrighted)
- Fermilab [10] (says nothing about use by others)
- Ames Laboratory[11]
- Idaho National Laboratory, no policy found, but has a "Copyright © 2006 Idaho National Laboratory" at the bottom of every page.
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory[12]
- Stanford Linear Accelerator Center[13]
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility[14], waffles on whether or not commercial use is allowed.
- Albany Research Center/National Energy Technology Laboratory: says that most of the information of their web site were in the public domain, but that some parts might by copyrighted by third parties.[15]
- New Brunswick Laboratory — No policy found
- Radiological and Environmental Sciences Laboratory — No copyright page, but then again, no pages at all! Note however they are being hosted by the Idaho Nacional Lab, see above.
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- MAYBE PD, MAYBE NOT; BETTER USE "FAIR USE" TAGS AND RATIONALES
For images which cannot use a PD tag or are otherwise questionable, consider whether or not they would fall under the "Wikipedia:Fair use" provision of U.S. copyright law.
- On the whole issue of DOE sponsored labs who operate as contractors to the U.S. government, I refer you to the CENDI's copyright FAQ, section 4.0. Lupo 08:01, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Looking for the right copyright tag?
See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for a full list of tags available. The following are applicable within the United States.
- {{money-US}}—for images of the official currency of the United States. These are in the public domain. (See also {{money}}.)
- {{PD-art-US}}—for images of works of art published in the United States prior to 1923.
- {{PD-US-flag}}—for images of U.S. state, federal district, or insular area flags
- {{PD-US}}—for copyright-expired images in the US (mainly those published pre-1923). Also for works not eligible for copyright under US law. (May be preferable in some cases vs. {{PD-old}} for US-originating images.)
- {{PD-Pre1978}} — for images published in the United States prior to 1978 without explicit notice of "copyright, year, owner" or "©" attached.
- {{PD-US-patent}}—for images from descriptions of US patents. These are in the public domain, though the actual inventions depicted might be encumbered by patents. [16] This does not prevent us from describing them, since we are not trying to construct or sell the inventions.
[edit] USA federal government images
Note. There is an upload form for items "from a U.S. federal government source." It is linked from Wikipedia:Upload. If you use one of these tags there don't forget the {{double curly brackets}} on each end of the tag!
- {{PD-USGov}}—for images created by the US federal government that are ineligible for copyright and don't fit under the following templates:
- {{PD-USGov-AID}}—United States Agency for International Development
- {{PD-USGov-Atlas}}—National Atlas
- {{PD-USGov-CIA}}—Central Intelligence Agency
- {{PD-USGov-CIA-WF}}—CIA World Factbook.
- {{PD-USGov-Congress}}—Congress
- {{PD-USGov-Congress-Bio}}—Biographical Directory of Congress
- {{PD-USGov-DHS}}—Department of Homeland Security
- {{PD-USGov-DHS-CG}}—Coast Guard
- {{PD-USGov-DOC}}—Department of Commerce
- {{PD-USGov-DOC-Census}}—U.S. Census Bureau
- {{PD-USGov-DOC-NOAA}}—National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Department of Defense—use {{PD-USGov-Military}}
- {{PD-USGov-DOE}}—Department of Energy (NOTE: Some operating units, including some DOE national labs, have separate, non-free copyright policies. See the notice on the template talk page before using.)
- {{PD-USGov-DOJ}}—Department of Justice
- {{PD-USGov-DOT}}—Department of Transportation
- {{PD-USGov-DOT-FAA}}—Federal Aviation Administration
- {{PD-USGov-DOL}}—Department of Labor
- {{PD-USGov-Education}}—Department of Education
- {{PD-USGov-EPA}}—Environmental Protection Agency
- {{PD-USGov-FBI}}—Federal Bureau of Investigation
- {{PD-USGov-FDA}}—Food and Drug Administration
- {{PD-USGov-FEMA}}—Federal Emergency Management Agency
- {{PD-USGov-HHS}}—Department of Health and Human Services
- {{PD-USGov-HHS-CDC}}—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- {{PD-USGov-HHS-NIH}}—National Institutes of Health
- {{PD-USGov-NCBI-scienceprimer}}—Science Primer from National Center for Biotechnology Information
- {{PD-USGov-Interior}}—Department of the Interior
- {{PD-USGov-Interior-BLM}}—Bureau of Land Management
- {{PD-USGov-Interior-FWS}}—Fish and Wildlife Service
- {{PD-USGov-Interior-HABS}}—Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and Historic American Engineering Record (HAER)
- {{PD-USGov-Interior-NPS}}—US National Park Service
- {{PD-USGov-Interior-USGS}}—US Geological Survey
- {{PD-USGov-Interior-USGS-Minerals}}—"Minerals in Your World" project of the United States Geological Survey and the Mineral Information Institute.
- {{PD-USGov-Interior-USBR}}—Bureau of Reclamation
- {{LOC-image}}—Library of Congress collections (NOTE: This is not a license tag, but a source tag. It must be accompanied by an appropriate license tag.)
- {{NARA-image}}—National Archives and Records Administration collections (NOTE: This is not a license tag, but a source tag. It must be accompanied by an appropriate license tag.)
- {{PD-USGov-NASA}}—for public domain images from NASA as described on Category:NASA images.
- {{PD-WorldWind}}—for public domain images derived from WorldWind
- {{PD-USGov-NRO}}—The National Reconnaissance Office
- {{PD-USGov-NSA}}—The National Security Agency
- {{PD-USGov-NTSB}}—National Transportation Safety Board
- {{PD-USGov-OWI}} Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information
- {{PD-USGov-POTUS}}—Executive Office of the President images
- {{PD-USGov-State}}—State Department images
- {{PD-USGov-Treasury}}—Department of the Treasury
- {{PD-USGov-VA}}—Department of Veterans Affairs
- {{PD-USGov-USDA}}—Department of Agriculture
- {{PD-USGov-USDA-ARS}}—USDA Agricultural Research Service.
- {{PD-USGov-USDA-FS}}—USDA Forest Service
- {{PD-USGov-USDA-NRCS}}—USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.
- {{PD-USGov-TVA}}—Tennessee Valley Authority
[edit] USA military public domain images
- {{PD-USGov-Military}}—general US military
- {{PD-USGov-Military-DVIC}}—general US military from the Defense Visual Information Center w/parameters
- {{PD-USGov-Military-Air Force}}—US Air Force images
- {{PD-USGov-Military-Air Force-Aux}}—Civil Air Patrol images
- {{PD-USGov-Military-Army}}—US Army images
- {{PD-USGov-Military-Army-USACMH}}—US Army Center for Military History
- {{PD-USGov-Military-Army-USAIOH}}—US Army Institute Of Heraldry
- {{PD-USGov-Military-Army-USAMHI}}—US Army Military History Institute
- {{PD-USGov-Military-Army-USACE}}—United States Army Corps of Engineers
- {{PD-USGov-Military-Award}}—for military medals
- {{PD-USGov-Military-Badge}}—US military badges and insignia
- {{PD-USGov-Military-Marines}}—US Marine Corps images
- {{PD-USGov-Military-Navy}}—US Navy images
- {{PD-USGov-Military-JCS}}-Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff
[edit] Ambiguous/nonexistent copyright policy institutions
In my opinion, we cannot assume public domain just on the grounds of a government contract. Therefore, with respect to works of those institutions which do not specify how their works can be used, I think it is better to be conservative about the terms under which we can use them. I have modified the notes above accordingly. However, IANAL, so I’d appreciate comments from those who know about this stuff. Alternatively, would somebody like to e-mail the institutions and ask? —xyzzyn 19:57, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
