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This is a template to indicate the license type, URL and author or authors of <mark>material that has been copied into Wikipedia</mark> as permitted under a [[WP:COMPLIC|compatible]] Creative Commons license, and is usually placed in the [[WP:ASL|references section]] of an article.

This template should '''not''' be used for content copied into Wikipedia that is dually-licensed, e.g., under a compatible Creative Commons license ''and'' the GFDL. See [[Template:Dual]] instead.

This template should '''not''' be used when you [[Wikipedia:Citing sources|cite a source]] but still write all the article content in your own words. Do not use this template inside {{tag|ref}} tags unless you are [[direct quotation|quoting or copying]] content from the cited source directly (word-for-word) into the article.

NOTE: CC BY-SA 4.0 IS NOT A COMPATIBLE LICENSE. SEE [[WP:COMPLIC]].