Commons:WikiProject Highways/Licensing
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A department of the Highways WikiProject |
Welcome to the Licensing Department of the Highways WikiProject. This page is devoted to researching the copyright statuses and dealing with the proper licensing of the media files used for articles on highways and major roads.
Highway markers
editNorth America
editSign type | Sign code | Sign specifications | Licensing status | Which template? | Files updated? | Notes |
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Canada - TCH | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | ||||
Canada - Alberta | HIGHWAY GUIDE AND INFORMATION SIGN MANUAL | {{PD-ineligible}}{{Trademarked}} | Yes | |||
Canada - British Columbia | CATALOGUE OF STANDARD TRAFFIC SIGNS | {{PD-Canada}} | Yes | |||
Canada - Manitoba | {{Trademarked}}{{PD-textlogo}} | Yes | ||||
Canada - New Brunswick | {{PD-simple}} | Yes | ||||
Canada - Newfoundland and Labrador | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | ||||
Canada - Northwest Territories | Unclear if the bear is copyrighted | |||||
Canada - Nova Scotia | {{PD-old-70-1923}}{{Insignia}} | Yes | NS flag requires additional templates | |||
Canada - Nova Scotia (trunk) | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | ||||
Canada - Prince Edward Island | {{Pd-ineligible}}{{Insignia}} | Yes | Trees require additional templates | |||
Canada - Saskatchewan | some limited diagrams | {{PD-simple}} | Yes | Simplified version of real shield | ||
Canada - Quebec | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Simplified version of real shield; for routes, flower considered to be under threshold of originality for Canada (close to the US) | |||
Canada - Yukon Territory | {{PD-simple}} | Yes | ||||
Costa Rica | Unclear if it is below/above the threshold of originality | |||||
Dominican Republic | Unclear if it is below/above the threshold of originality | |||||
Guadeloupe | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
Martinique | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
Honduras | Unclear if it is below/above the threshold of originality | |||||
Mexico | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Unclear if it is below/above the threshold of originality | |||
Nicaragua | Unclear if it is below/above the threshold of originality | |||||
Panama | Unclear if it is below/above the threshold of originality | |||||
United States | See COM:USRD/L |
South America
editSign type | Sign code | Sign specifications | Licensing status | Which template? | Files updated? | Notes |
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Argentina | {{PD-AR-Signs}} | Yes | ||||
Bolivia | {{PD-ineligible}} | Could use research on TOO in Bolivia | ||||
Brazil | {{PD-BrazilGov}} | Yes | ||||
Chile | Could use research on TOO in Chile | |||||
Colombia | {{PD-ineligible}} | Below threshold of originality since it is on a road: [1] article 39 | ||||
Ecuador | {{PD-ineligible}} | Could use research on TOO in Ecuador | ||||
French Guiana | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
Peru | Unclear if it is below/above the Peru threshold of originality | |||||
Uruguay | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
Venezuela | Could use research on TOO in Venezuela |
Europe
editSign type | Sign code | Sign specifications | Licensing status | Which template? | Files updated? | Notes |
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E-Roads | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
Albania | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
Andorra | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
Armenia | unclear | |||||
Austria | {{PD-StVZVO}} | Yes | ||||
Azerbaijan | unclear | |||||
Belarus | [2] | {{PD-BY-exempt|type=road signs}} | Yes | |||
Belgium | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
Bulgaria | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
Croatia | {{PD-Croatia-exempt|type=road signs}} | Yes | ||||
Czech Republic | {{PD-CzechGov}} | Yes | ||||
Denmark | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
Estonia | {{PD-EE-exempt|type=road signs}} | Yes | ||||
Finland | {{PD-FinlandGov}} | Yes | ||||
France | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
Georgia | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
Germany | {{PD-VzKat}} | Yes | ||||
Greece | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
Hungary | {{PD-HU-exempt|type=road signs}} | Yes | ||||
Iceland | {{PD-Vegagerdin}} | Yes | ||||
Ireland | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
Italy | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
Kosovo | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
Latvia | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
Lithuania | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
Moldova | {{PD-MD-exempt|type=road signs}} | Yes | ||||
Montenegro | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
Netherlands | {{PD-NL-verkeersbord}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
North Macedonia | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
Norway | {{PD-Statens vegvesen}} | Yes | ||||
Poland | {{Polishsymbol}} | Yes | ||||
Portugal | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
Romania | {{PD-RO-exempt|type=road signs}} | Yes | ||||
Russia | {{PD-RU-exempt|type=road signs}} | Yes | ||||
Serbia | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
Slovakia | {{PD-SlovakGov}} | Yes | ||||
Slovenia | {{PD-Slovenia-exempt}} | Yes | ||||
Sweden | [3] | {{PD-Transportstyrelsen}} | Yes | |||
Switzerland | {{PD-Switzerland-official}} | Yes | ||||
Turkey | unclear | |||||
Ukraine | {{PD-UA-exempt|type=road signs}} | Yes | ||||
United Kingdom | Commons | {{OGL3}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere |
Africa
editSign type | Sign code | Sign specifications | Licensing status | Which template? | Files updated? | Notes |
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Trans-African Highway | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
Algeria | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
Ghana | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
Morocco | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
Namibia | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
South Africa | {{PD-South-Africa-exempt|type=road signs}} | Yes | ||||
Tunisia | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere |
Asia
editSign type | Sign code | Sign specifications | Licensing status | Which template? | Files updated? | Notes |
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Asian Highway Network | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
Mashreq | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
Bangladesh | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
Cambodia | {{PD-CambodiaGov}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
China | {{PD-PRC-Road Traffic Signs}} | Yes | ||||
Hong Kong | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
India | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
Iran | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
Israel | [4] | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | ||
Japan | {{PD-Japan-exempt|type=road signs}} | Yes | ||||
Kazakhstan | {{PD-KZ-exempt|type=road signs}} | Yes | ||||
Malaysia | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
Nepal | {{PD-Nepal (traffic signs)}} | Yes | ||||
Oman | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
Pakistan | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
Philippines | {{PD-PhilippinesGov}} | Yes | ||||
Qatar | Unclear what the TOO is | |||||
Saudi Arabia | Unclear what the TOO is | |||||
Singapore | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
South Korea | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
Sri Lanka | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere | |||
Taiwan | {{PD-ROC-Traffic Signs}} | Yes | ||||
Thailand | {{PD-TH-exempt|type=road signs}} | Yes | ||||
United Arab Emirates | Unclear what the TOO is | |||||
Vietnam | {{PD-ineligible}} | Yes | Too simple for it to be considered original work anywhere |
Oceania
editSign type | Sign code | Sign specifications | Licensing status | Which template? | Files updated? | Notes |
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Australia | {{PD-ineligible}} (per consensus, not really complex) | |||||
New Zealand | {{NZTA-Sign-Spec}} | Yes | Copyrighted but can use freely (just not on a NZ road) |