Template:Walters Art Museum license/doc

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License template for images donated by Walters Art Museum

Usage

{{Walters Art Museum license}}

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionDefaultStatus
1License for the original artwork.{{PD-old-100}}optional
typeIs the object of 2D or 3D nature? If "type=2D" than template will show different license templates.3Doptional
deathyearYear of death of the artist. Only needed if parameter #1 is a template like {{PD-old-auto}}, which can use it.emptyoptional

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

Placement: At the bottom of the page

Localization

العربيَّة | English | français | italiano | македонски | русский | sicilianu | +/−

This template is localized through {{Autotranslate}}. The layout of the template can be found under Template:Walters Art Museum license/layout.

To add your language to the list of languages supported by this template, please copy the code of Template:Walters Art Museum license/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.



Example of 2D version

This is a faithful photographic reproduction of an original two-dimensional work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:

Public domain

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.


You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States.

This digital reproduction has been released under the following licenses:

Public domain This work has been released into the public domain by its author, Walters Art Museum. This applies worldwide.
In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so:
Walters Art Museum grants anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.

In many jurisdictions, faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are not copyrightable. The Wikimedia Foundation's position is that these works are not copyrightable in the United States (see Commons:Reuse of PD-Art photographs). In these jurisdictions, this work is actually in the public domain and the requirements of the digital reproduction's license are not compulsory.