{{CC| ''parameter'' }}
The parameter is one of the short-hand descriptions of the Creative Commons licenses and is used to generate a link to the appropriate licence page, e.g.
{{CC|by-nc-nd}}
returns the link “Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives 3.0”.
The default licence is Creative Commons Attribution 3.0, which is returned if the template is not passed a parameter, e.g.
{{CC}}
links to “Creative Commons Attribution 3.0”.
If, on the other hand, a specific Creative Commons licence is needed, two or three parameters are required:
{{CC|by-nc-nd|2.5|au}}
returns the link “Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives 2.5 Australia”. The unported license is specified if no country code is included.