Licensing information is not stored in a computer readable format, it&#39;s just a template on the page. You&#39;ll need to get a list of license templates and look for them in the text.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 1:09 AM, Zhao Han <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:cx.chenghai@gmail.com">cx.chenghai@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">So, how do you get the license of a image? Seems there is no straightforward way.<br><br>For example, <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Turner,_J._M._W._-_The_Fighting_T%C3%A9m%C3%A9raire_tugged_to_her_last_Berth_to_be_broken.jpg" target="_blank">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Turner,_J._M._W._-_The_Fighting_T%C3%A9m%C3%A9raire_tugged_to_her_last_Berth_to_be_broken.jpg</a> is in the public domain.<br>



<br>Thanks,<br><font color="#888888">Zhao<br>
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