Template:PD-signature

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.

This template will categorize into Category:PD signature and Category:PD signature:SVG.

Care is needed by re-users of signature images. Signatures are still protected by forgery, counterfeiting, and other fraud laws, and may possibly be subject to trademark protection (even if no {{Trademark}} disclaimer has been applied). Lack of copyright protection is no defence if non-copyright laws are broken and, as always, it is for the re-user to ensure that the proposed re-use is allowed under local law.

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This documentation is transcluded from Template:PD-signature/doc.

This template marks all images released under PD-signature.

Usage

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

Parameter	Description		Default	Status
`1`	Name 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.		empty	required

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:

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 ∙ 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.

Other PD-ineligible tags

For simple text logos use {{PD-textlogo}}.
For SVG representations of an ancient script use {{PD-ancient-script}}.
For simple shapes use {{PD-shape}}.
For chemistry structures use {{PD-chem}}.
For other copyright-ineligible images use {{PD-ineligible}}.