Commons:License template validation

This project aims at assessing the validity of all license templates on Commons.

New license templates should not be used before they are assessed by this project.

Criteria:

• Are the legal claims of the template correct and is the wording legally correct?
• Does the template represent a free license or a condition which is in the Project scope?
• Is the template sufficiently different from related templates or could files be tagged with existing templates instead?
• Is the template categorized into the appropiate subcategories of Category:License tags?

Besides the above-mentioned criteria that must be met, there are some additional things that should be looked for in the validation process:

• Is the template localizable (in most cases {{Autotranslate}} should be used in the main template)?
• Does the template use common styles (e.g. {{PD-Layout}} or {{CC-Layout}})?
• Is the template documented (using {{Documentation}} and {{TemplateBox}} for example) and is the documentation complete and easy to understand (also for unexperienced users)?

Some Links:

• Category:License tags
• Commons:Licensing

Validation list

Procedure:

Select any template from this list of unvalidated licenses and create a new heading below to start a discussion.

A template will be regarded as validated, if there is common consensus, that the license and the template are valid. Validated templates should be tagged with {{License template|validated=1|...}}.