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Please note that I just updated Mediawiki:Uploadtext, the text that gets displayed on the image upload page. It now includes the following sentence:

Please note that failure to add a different license to an image you are the owner of means that you are licensing it under the Creative Commons by-nc license!

With all of our text content being licensed as CC-by-nc by default, I think it is just reasonable to extend this default case to image content as well, where possible.

"Where possible" obviously means those cases where

the uploader didn't choose a different license to begin with AND
we can assume that the uploader is the copyright owner of the image - which we pretty much have to assume in these cases anyway. Otherwise, the upload without license would be a possible copyright violation and the image should be put up for deletion.

If an image is uploaded and a license is not added by the uploader himself, it should later be tagged with

{{imagelicensing|
    license= nonegiven
|     owner=
|    source=
| rationale=
}}

, which will yield:

The above image is published here under the following terms:

License: This image has been uploaded without choosing a license. The uploader has been made aware of the fact that this may be construed as placing the image under the Creative Commons by-nc 2.5 license, if he/she is the copyright owner.
Owner/Creator: N/A - it is assumed that the original uploader is the owner/creator of this image.
Source: N/A
Rationale: N/A

--Cid Highwind 13:49, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

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 #we can assume that the uploader is the copyright owner of the image - which we pretty much ''have to'' assume in these cases anyway. Otherwise, the upload without license would be a possible copyright violation and the image should be put up for deletion.
-If an image is uploaded and a license is ''not'' added by the uploader himself, it should later be tagged with <nowiki>{{imagelicensing|license=nonegiven}}</nowiki>, which will yield:
+If an image is uploaded and a license is ''not'' added by the uploader himself, it should later be tagged with
+<pre><nowiki>
+{{imagelicensing|
+    license= nonegiven
+|     owner=
+|    source=
+| rationale=
+}}
+</nowiki></pre>, which will yield:
+<div class="copyright-notice">{{#switch: {{lc:nonegiven}}
-{{imagelicensing|license=nonegiven}}
+ | ccl = [[Category:Memory Alpha images by license (creative commons)|{{PAGENAME}}]]
+ | ccl-sa = [[Category:Memory Alpha images by license (creative commons)|{{PAGENAME}}]]
+ | pd = [[File:PD-icon.png|right|float|100px|Public domain]]
+ | fairuse = [[File:Red copyright.png|right|float|100px|Copyright, Fair use]]
+ | copyright = [[File:Red copyright.png|right|float|100px|Copyright]]
+ | other =
+ | nonegiven =
+ |
+}}The above image is published here under the following terms:
+;License:{{#switch: {{lc:nonegiven}}
+ | ccl = ''Creative Commons'' - this image was published under the terms of the [[Memory Alpha:Creative Commons License|Creative Commons by-nc 2.5 license]]. It may be copied, redistributed, or modified as long as attribution to the original source is given, and the media is not used for commercial purposes.
+ | ccl-sa = ''Creative Commons'' - this image was published under the terms of the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ Creative Commons by-sa 2.5 license]. It may be copied, redistributed, or modified as long as attribution to the original source is given. It must be redistributed under an identical license.
+ | pd = ''Public domain'' - this image was placed in the {{w|public domain}} by its creator (see below).
+ | fairuse = ''Fair Use'' - this image is copyrighted, but used here under {{w|Fair Use}} guidelines.
+ | copyright = ''Copyrighted'' - this image is used here with the explicit permission of the owner (see below). The terms of permission do not include third-party use.
+ | other = The licensing of this image is detailed in the "Rationale" section below.
+ | nonegiven
+ | This image has been uploaded without choosing a license. The uploader has been made aware of the fact that this may be construed as placing the image under the [[Memory Alpha:Creative Commons License|Creative Commons by-nc 2.5 license]], if he/she is the copyright owner.
+}}
+;Owner/Creator:{{#if:||''N/A'' - it is assumed that the original uploader is the owner/creator of this image.}}
+;Source:{{#if:||''N/A''}}
+;Rationale:{{#if:||''N/A''}}
+</div>
 --[[User:Cid Highwind|Cid Highwind]] 13:49, 17 October 2007 (UTC)