Template talk:Possibly non-free in US

This template's content is not correct; Free Content (e.g. in the GFDL sense) is not in the public domain; it it protected by copyleft, but it also does not require a fair use exception.--Elvey (talk) 22:32, 12 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No, this is talking about the public domain. Because of how complicated US law is, something may be in the public domain outside of the US due to age, but not inside the US because they do not accept the rule of the shorter term. ViperSnake151 22:57, 12 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I still think "Please provide evidence that this file is in the public domain in the US." must be changed, e.g. to "Please provide evidence that this file is in the public domain in the US or available under a free content license." Otherwise, it is claiming, erroneously, that a file not in the public domain in the US may only be used under fair use. I understand your point about copyright terms being the raison d'etre of the template, but it still has to be factually correct.--Elvey (talk) 23:06, 12 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

VS, you undid my edit, with this explanation: "Undo, this is specifically for public domain images. A freely licensed image wouldn't have this". Ah, I see where you're coming from now.... How have you ensured that this template will only be used for public domain images? This suggests it is only used for transclusion into another template :) ; hopefully it's only transcluded into PD-* templates. This suggests that's the case ATM - it shows transclusion only into Template:PD-Canada. (I don't get why; there's a long list) --Elvey (talk) 06:48, 13 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I just made a different edit, which I think better addresses the issue, given the template's purpose.--Elvey (talk) 04:22, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's much improved now. :-) --Elvey (talk) 08:58, 23 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]