Help:Official texts

General license
Many official texts are considered to edicts of government, and are not copyrightable in the United States. Wikisource has a general template for pages that meet this criteria, however for foreign works, the local laws should also be investigated in order to determine if the official text is in the public domain in the country of origin.


 * PD-EdictGov
 * Category:PD-EdictGov

Copyright asserted
Wikisource has official texts from the following countries which are still copyrighted in the country of origin:
 * Australia
 * Canada
 * Singapore
 * United Kingdom

League of Nations

 * PD-LN

United Nations

 * PD-UN

Australia

 * PD-AustraliaGov

Canada

 * PD-CAGov


 * Decisions-CAGov


 * Legislation-CAGov

China

 * Category:PD-CN
 * PD-PRC-exempt

Czech Republic

 * Category:PD-CzechGov
 * PD-CzechGov

Egypt

 * PD-Egypt-official

Estonia

 * PD-EE-exempt

Germany

 * PD-DEGov

Hong Kong

 * Legislation-HKGov

India

 * PD-INGov

Indonesia

 * PD-IndonesianGov

Ireland

 * PD-IrishGov

Israel

 * PD-ILGov

Japan

 * PD-JapanGov

Kiribati

 * PD-KIGov

Macao

 * PD-MacaoGov

Namibia

 * PD-NamibiaGov

New Zealand

 * PD-NZGov

Norway
PD-NorwayGov

PakistanGov

 * PD-PakistanGov

Philippines

 * Category:PD-PhilGovDoc
 * PD-PhilGovDoc

Russia

 * PD-RU-exempt

Serbia and Montenegro

 * PD-RSGov

Singapore

 * Legislation-SGGov

South Africa

 * PD-SAGov


 * PD-SA-speech-1996

South Korea

 * PD-KRGov

Spain

 * PD-SpainGov

Sweden

 * PD-SEGov

Switzerland

 * PD-Switzerland-official

Taiwan

 * PD-ROC-exempt

Thailand

 * PD-THGov

United Kingdom

 * PD-UKGov


 * OGL

United States

 * The following can be used for works of the United States Federal Government only:
 * Category:PD-USGov-POTUS


 * Category:PD-USGov
 * PD-USGov


 * For edicts of state and local governments in the United States, please use PD-EdictGov.

Venezuela

 * PD-VenezuelaGov