Commons:License review. Shortcut: COM:LR License reviewing is a necessary process for files from Flickr, Picasa, Panoramio, YouTube and other external websites that provide images under different licenses. People who upload their material to these web albums choose a license, some which are free and suitable for Commons, and some not free that should not be uploaded to Commons. Some of these external sites allow their users to select the license of their choice and to change it at any time, without any logs of the prior copyright status of the image.
This means there is no easy way to check whether an image currently marked as non-free was uploaded under a free license. Wikimedia Commons therefore has a review process for verifying the copyright status of images uploaded from these external sites, which allows for the verification of freely licensed images by a bot or trusted user (admins and community approved users) and identification of images where the Commons license is different. Reviewers[edit] Wikibooks. De vrije encyclopedie. Category:Wikimedia Commons templates. Commons. Die freie Enzyklopädie. Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. The free encyclopedia.