Battlefield Wiki:Copyright Policy

A guide to copyright on this wiki

The Battlefield series itself is the intellectual property of Digital Illusions and/or Electronic Arts.

= Text =

Contrary to popular belief, content in a wiki is copyrighted. However, all text is released under the GNU Free Documentation License (FLD). See Wikia copyrights for details.

Since contributors are required to license their work under the FDL, it logically follows that they cannot submit any copyrighted work without appropriate permission from the copyright holder - they are legally incapable of licensing content to which they do not own the rights. Of course, if the copyright holder allows their material to be distributed under the FDL, and has been properly attributed, then this is perfectly fine.

= Images =

What is OK

 * Your own images


 * Images from Wikipedia, but check the license with the criteria below


 * The 'Battlefield' logo and game covers, see 'Fair Use' below

What isn't OK

 * Images from the internet, they may not be copyrighted but it's best to be safe

Image Licenses
When contributing images, make sure you license them properly:


 * Fair Use - Copyrighted, but with no non-copyrighted alternative (Battlefield logo and game covers), when uploading select This will be used...as fair use. See Fair use


 * Unknown or None Selected - If you do not know the copyright, don't contribute it - it will be deleted.


 * Your own image - Select I took this myself


 * Got from Wikipedia, another Wikia or another Wikimedia project - Please do not select this, select the same option as it was under at the source


 * Copyrighted but you have permission - Select the relevant option. You must state the owner of the copyright and details of the permission


 * Public domain - Uncopyrighted due to never being copyrighted or the copyright expiring (YOU MUST STATE WHY), it is hard to tell, so its probably best not to contribute these. But if you know for sure it is public domain, you may contribute it under this licence. See Public domain