Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria

This page documents an English Wikipedia policy with legal considerations.

This page in a nutshell: Respect the rules of non-free content and only use non-free content as a last resort.

As per the Wikimedia Foundation Licensing policy resolution of March 23, 2007, this document serves as the Exemption Doctrine Policy for the English Wikipedia.^[1]

^ At the time of the Resolution's issuance on March 23, 2007, the page WP:Non-free content served as the exemption doctrine policy and is referenced by the Resolution. Since then, the content has been moved around, specifically discussed the following May, and now WP:Non-free content criteria serves as the exemption doctrine policy, while WP:Non-free content serves as guidance for this.