User:Aristeas/Credits/CC BY-SA 3.0 DE 4.0 GFDL 1.2

A personal credits template for use with all my photographs and graphics that have been published under the combined licenses CC BY-SA 4.0/3.0 DE and GFDL ≥ 1.2; this is mostly used for images which were originally published under CC BY-SA 3.0 DE plus GFDL ≥ 1.2 and in 2024 upgraded to allow the use of CC BY-SA 4.0, too.

This template generates an extension of the standard {{Information}} box. It explains how to use the picture correctly according to the terms of the license[s] (this should not be necessary, but it is), gives hints about creating derivatives from the picture and, that’s the main point, indicates how the picture should be attributed correctly in accordance with the license. In special cases which require an additional hint about the copyright or an extension of the default attribution, these hints can be specified by additional parameters for this template.

There are variants of this templates for the different licenses used for my pictures:

• User:Aristeas/Credits/CC BY-SA 4.0 (up to date)
• User:Aristeas/Credits/CC BY-SA 3.0 4.0 GFDL 1.2 (for old images ‘upgraded’ to allow CC BY-SA 4.0, too)
• User:Aristeas/Credits/CC BY-SA 3.0 DE 4.0 GFDL 1.2 (for old images ‘upgraded’ to allow CC BY-SA 4.0, too)
• User:Aristeas/Credits/CC BY-SA 3.0 GFDL 1.2 (for old images and some special cases)
• User:Aristeas/Credits/CC BY-SA all GFDL 1.2 (for a few photos which use {{self|GFDL|cc-by-sa-all}}).

Why do I use these long and cumbersome names? In general “explicit is better than implicit”, so I want the name of each credits template to make explicit which licenses it is referring to (instead of as if by magic producing some license ;–). And I also do not want to abbreviate too much here: Somehow it seems unfair to use some cryptic parameter values like 1, 2, 3 etc. for such an important point as the license.

This template should be used directly below the general {{Information}} template; if we don’t add a blank line in between, the new box is visually merged with the {{Information}} box. If the standard {{Location}} or {{Location withheld}} template is also used, it should go between the other templates, i.e. the best order is {{Information}}, {{Location}}, finally this template.

Parameters

In most cases this template can be used without any parameters. For special cases, there is an optional parameter:

1. (optional) Named parameter permissionhint, to insert additional permission hints into the attribution string.
   If this parameter is specified, the file will be auto-categorized into Category:Files by Aristeas - with special license hints.

For some hints about the implementation, please see the documentation of the internal implemenation.

Template preview

Attribution (required by the license) InfoField	© Roman Eisele / CC BY-SA 4.0
Using this picture InfoField	You can use this picture free of charge under the terms of any of the free licenses CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE or GFDL (version 1.2 or any later). In the vast majority of cases, use under CC BY-SA 4.0 is highly recommended. Therefore we describe here only the usage and attribution under that license. In particular, this means: You must include the credit line (Attribution) given above in an appropriate place (next to the picture, or in your list of image sources, etc.), to establish a clear and reasonable link between the picture and the credit line. Please quote the credit line (Attribution) completely. Link the license abbreviation as shown above with the website of the license, i.e. “CC BY-SA 4.0” with https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. In printed works quote the complete link right after the license abbreviation. If you use this picture in projects not related to Wikimedia/Wikipedia (e.g., in a book, or on your website), please send me an  e-mail or leave me a message. If you use this picture in printed media (e.g., in a book, on a leaflet, etc.), please send me a sample copy. Thank you very much!  Contact me if you need a special version of this picture, more information or any special permission.
Editing this picture InfoField	If you want to edit this picture for Commons, please upload your edited version using a new file name. My own version of this picture should be preserved and must be easily accessible. Please add the template {{Derived from}} or {{Extracted from}} to your version and use it to link to my original version of the picture. Thank you very much!