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Choosing a License

WilliamLewis — 2009-01-27 23:29:23

Revert to version 18.

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- You may release the content into the public domain, which means that there are no controls on how the content is used at all. Any person can choose to copyright or license a derivative work as they see fit.	+ You can release the content into the public domain, which means that there are no controls on how the content is used at all. Any person can choose to copyright or license a derivative work as they see fit.
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- This one is pretty self explanatory. The information on your website may not be used for commercial purposes.	+ This one is pretty self explanatory. The information on your website may not be used for commercial purposes. There are disadvantages to this, including being unable to share content with Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. See someone's opinion on [http://freedomdefined.org/Licenses/NC why not to use this non-free license].
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	+ = Other concerns to keep in mind = + + ''Someone write this -- no time, gotta go'': + + * Choose something that can work well with other licenses. + * Type of content might dictate the type of license. + * Editors of your wiki may be more likely to want to contribute if their work is released under a free content license. See the [http://freecontentdefinition.org/ Free Content Definition].

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PENCILDEAD — 2009-01-27 23:03:06

DON'T PUSH THIS GARBAGE TO ME

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- = Other concerns to keep in mind = - - ''Someone write this -- no time, gotta go'': - - * Choose something that can work well with other licenses. - * Type of content might dictate the type of license. - * Editors of your wiki may be more likely to want to contribute if their work is released under a free content license. See the [http://freecontentdefinition.org/ Free Content Definition].

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PENCILDEAD — 2009-01-27 23:01:39

For the 1000th time, we1re not wiki-pee-dia, dammit!!!!!!!!

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- You can release the content into the public domain, which means that there are no controls on how the content is used at all. Any person can choose to copyright or license a derivative work as they see fit.	+ You may release the content into the public domain, which means that there are no controls on how the content is used at all. Any person can choose to copyright or license a derivative work as they see fit.

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PENCILDEAD — 2009-01-27 22:59:12

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- This one is pretty self explanatory. The information on your website may not be used for commercial purposes. There are disadvantages to this, including being unable to share content with Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. See someone's opinion on [http://freedomdefined.org/Licenses/NC why not to use this non-free license].	+ This one is pretty self explanatory. The information on your website may not be used for commercial purposes.

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AlexDarocy — 2007-11-01 13:05:54

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- Under the default settings, the creators of content retain ownership of their contributions, but agree to release it under your license agreement (e.g. the Creative Commons By-License). Fully copyrighted licenses can of course be used, but we encourage you to use a "free" license in order to promote sharing of information. There are plenty of "free content" licenses that can be used to give you wiki the right level of licensing:	+ Under the default settings, the creators of content retain ownership of their contributions, but agree to release it under your license agreement (e.g. the Creative Commons By-License). Fully copyrighted licenses can of course be used, but we encourage you to use a "free" license in order to promote sharing of information. There are plenty of "free content" licenses that can be used to give your wiki the right level of licensing:

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JabberWokky — 2007-09-30 13:31:13

Revert to version 15.

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- This one is pretty self explanatory. The information on your website may not be used for commercial purposes. There are many advantages to this, including being unable to share content with Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.	+ This one is pretty self explanatory. The information on your website may not be used for commercial purposes. There are disadvantages to this, including being unable to share content with Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. See someone's opinion on [http://freedomdefined.org/Licenses/NC why not to use this non-free license].
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	+ Since pretty much the entire point of a wiki is to make derivative works (edits), these licenses are generally not appropriate for wikis.

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JACKTEQUILA — 2007-09-30 11:40:20

Revert to version 13.

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- This one is pretty self explanatory. The information on your website may not be used for commercial purposes. There are disadvantages to this, including being unable to share content with Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. See someone's opinion on [http://freedomdefined.org/Licenses/NC why not to use this non-free license].	+ This one is pretty self explanatory. The information on your website may not be used for commercial purposes. There are many advantages to this, including being unable to share content with Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.
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- Since pretty much the entire point of a wiki is to make derivative works (edits), these licenses are generally not appropriate for wikis.

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PhilipNeustrom — 2007-09-30 02:47:26

made it clear it's an opinion, though i very much agree

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- This one is pretty self explanatory. The information on your website may not be used for commercial purposes. There are many disadvantages to this, including being unable to share content with Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. See the [http://freedomdefined.org/Licenses/NC reasons not to use this non-free license].	+ This one is pretty self explanatory. The information on your website may not be used for commercial purposes. There are disadvantages to this, including being unable to share content with Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. See someone's opinion on [http://freedomdefined.org/Licenses/NC why not to use this non-free license].

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PhilipNeustrom — 2007-09-30 02:46:31

Revert to version 12 (reverting and changing wording + no-dervs *is* bad for wiki).

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- This one is pretty self explanatory. The information on your website may not be used for commercial purposes. There are many advantages to this, including being unable to share content with Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.	+ This one is pretty self explanatory. The information on your website may not be used for commercial purposes. There are many disadvantages to this, including being unable to share content with Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. See the [http://freedomdefined.org/Licenses/NC reasons not to use this non-free license].
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	+ Since pretty much the entire point of a wiki is to make derivative works (edits), these licenses are generally not appropriate for wikis.

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JACKTEQUILA — 2007-09-30 02:43:49

Removed POV

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- This one is pretty self explanatory. The information on your website may not be used for commercial purposes. There are many disadvantages to this, including being unable to share content with Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. See the [http://freedomdefined.org/Licenses/NC reasons not to use this non-free license].	+ This one is pretty self explanatory. The information on your website may not be used for commercial purposes. There are many advantages to this, including being unable to share content with Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.
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- Since pretty much the entire point of a wiki is to make derivative works (edits), these licenses are generally not appropriate for wikis.

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PhilipNeustrom — 2007-09-17 22:44:01

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- This is the license used by most Wikimedia and Wikia projects, including Wikipedia. If you intend to make use of works from these wikis, selecting the GFDL is the easiest way to ensure you can share content with them. At the same time, wikis that use more "liberal" licenses, such as the Creative Commons-By license, can be used in GFDL projects, but you won't be able to use their material in your wiki.	+ This is the license used by most Wikimedia projects, including Wikipedia. If you intend to make use of works from these wikis, selecting the GFDL is the easiest way to ensure you can share content with them. At the same time, wikis that use more "liberal" licenses, such as the Creative Commons-By license, can be used in GFDL projects, but you won't be able to use their material in your wiki.

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PhilipNeustrom — 2007-09-05 19:37:03

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- This is the license used by most Wikimedia and Wikia projects, including Wikipedia. If you intend to make use of works from these wikis, selecting the GFDL is the easiest way to ensure you can share content with them. At the same time, wikis that use more "liberal" licenses, such as the Creative Commons-By license, can be used in GFDL projects, but you won't be able to use their material in yours.	+ This is the license used by most Wikimedia and Wikia projects, including Wikipedia. If you intend to make use of works from these wikis, selecting the GFDL is the easiest way to ensure you can share content with them. At the same time, wikis that use more "liberal" licenses, such as the Creative Commons-By license, can be used in GFDL projects, but you won't be able to use their material in your wiki.

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PhilipNeustrom — 2007-09-05 19:36:01

paragraphs + tad more (cc-by can be used in GFDL, but not the other way around)

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- [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html This license] grants the right to copy, redistribute, and make derivatives. It works similarly to the to the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike, except that it requires the those who use the work for commercial purposes (over 100 copies) to make the original document available for free. This is the license used by most Wikia and Wikimedia projects, including Wikipedia. If you intend to make use of works from these wikis, selecting the GFDL is the easiest way to ensure you can share content with them.	+ [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html This license] grants the right to copy, redistribute, and make derivatives. It works similarly to the to the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike, except that it requires the those who use the work for commercial purposes (over 100 copies) to make the original document available for free. + + This is the license used by most Wikimedia and Wikia projects, including Wikipedia. If you intend to make use of works from these wikis, selecting the GFDL is the easiest way to ensure you can share content with them. At the same time, wikis that use more "liberal" licenses, such as the Creative Commons-By license, can be used in GFDL projects, but you won't be able to use their material in yours.

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2007-09-05 19:30:59

some additional info on license choices

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- This one is pretty self explanatory. The information on your website may not be used for commercial purposes.	+ This one is pretty self explanatory. The information on your website may not be used for commercial purposes. There are many disadvantages to this, including being unable to share content with Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. See the [http://freedomdefined.org/Licenses/NC reasons not to use this non-free license].
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- [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html This license] grants the right to copy, redistribute, and make derivatives. It works similarly to the to the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike, except that it requires the those who use the work for commercial purposes (over 100 copies) to make the original document available for free.	+ [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html This license] grants the right to copy, redistribute, and make derivatives. It works similarly to the to the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike, except that it requires the those who use the work for commercial purposes (over 100 copies) to make the original document available for free. This is the license used by most Wikia and Wikimedia projects, including Wikipedia. If you intend to make use of works from these wikis, selecting the GFDL is the easiest way to ensure you can share content with them.
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- * Choose something that can work well with other licenses?	+ * Choose something that can work well with other licenses.
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	+ * Editors of your wiki may be more likely to want to contribute if their work is released under a free content license. See the [http://freecontentdefinition.org/ Free Content Definition].

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PhilipNeustrom — 2007-08-23 06:25:39

tad more

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- Once you've selected a license (possibly in the [http://creativecommons.org/license/ Choose a License area]), you'll be presented with a few different possible "buttons" to use -- this is just a simple snippet of HTML. Copy and paste this text into the "License text" box in your wiki's General Wiki Settings page. You'll probably want to choose the smaller rectangular button for the sake of conciseness. You'll also need to update the "Edit agreement text" box to point to the URL of the license you chose.	+ Once you've selected a license (possibly in the [http://creativecommons.org/license/ Choose a License area]), you'll be presented with a few different possible "buttons" to use -- this is just a simple snippet of HTML. Copy and paste this text into the "Footer button 1" box in your wiki's General Wiki Settings page. You'll probably want to choose the smaller rectangular button for the sake of conciseness. + + You'll also need to update the "Edit agreement text" box to point to the URL of the license you choose, and update (delete what's there right now) the "License text" box to have something along the lines of "Except where otherwise noted, this content is licensed under a (link to license and name of license) license."

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PhilipNeustrom — 2007-08-15 11:02:16

smallish how-to area

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	+ == Using Creative Commons on your wiki == + + Once you've selected a license (possibly in the [http://creativecommons.org/license/ Choose a License area]), you'll be presented with a few different possible "buttons" to use -- this is just a simple snippet of HTML. Copy and paste this text into the "License text" box in your wiki's General Wiki Settings page. You'll probably want to choose the smaller rectangular button for the sake of conciseness. You'll also need to update the "Edit agreement text" box to point to the URL of the license you chose. +

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BrentLaabs — 2007-03-30 23:03:35

useful linkage

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	+ + See also: [wiki:meatball:"WikiCopyright" Wiki Copyright] on Meatball Wiki

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PhilipNeustrom — 2007-03-06 15:50:45

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	+ + = Other concerns to keep in mind = + + ''Someone write this -- no time, gotta go'': + + * Choose something that can work well with other licenses? + * Type of content might dictate the type of license.

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PhilipNeustrom — 2007-03-06 15:43:49

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- Under the default settings, the creators of content retain ownership of their contributions, but agree to release it under your license agreement (e.g. the Creative Commons By-License). Fully copyrighted licenses can of course be used, but as Wiki Spot is supposed to provide a community service, it is not likely to be consistent with Wiki Spot's goals. However, there are plenty of "free content" licenses that can be used to give you wiki the right level of licensing:	+ Under the default settings, the creators of content retain ownership of their contributions, but agree to release it under your license agreement (e.g. the Creative Commons By-License). Fully copyrighted licenses can of course be used, but we encourage you to use a "free" license in order to promote sharing of information. There are plenty of "free content" licenses that can be used to give you wiki the right level of licensing:

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BrentLaabs — 2007-03-06 07:33:15

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- When you ["Create a wiki" create a new wiki], it's installed with a default license: [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 Unported]. However, this may not suit your needs, so you may have to change the ["Wiki Creator Guide" wiki settings] to change the "copyright" used.	+ When you ["Create a wiki" create a new wiki], it's installed with a default license: [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 Unported]. However, this may not suit your needs, so you may have to change the ["Wiki Creator Guide" wiki settings] to change the "copyright" or "copyleft" used.
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- These licenses require that the creators of derivative works from your also make their work available for other derivative works. In this case, you couldn't upload your wiki's content to some page that claimed exclusive copyright over the content, or reprint it in a fully copyrighted book. Essentially, if anyone uses your free content, it has to remain free content. Of course, this begs the question of what is really free content.	+ These licenses require that the creators of derivative works from your also make their work available for other derivative works. In this case, you couldn't upload your wiki's content to some page that claimed exclusive copyright over the content, or reprint it in a fully copyrighted book. However, the section of that book could be released under another ShareAlike license. + + Essentially, if anyone uses your free content, it has to remain free content. Of course, this begs the question of what is really free content.

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BrentLaabs — 2007-03-06 07:29:02

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- When you create a new wiki, it's installed with a default license: [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 Unported]. However, this may not suit your needs, so you may have to change the ["Wiki Creator Guide" wiki settings] to change the "copyright" used.	+ When you ["Create a wiki" create a new wiki], it's installed with a default license: [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 Unported]. However, this may not suit your needs, so you may have to change the ["Wiki Creator Guide" wiki settings] to change the "copyright" used.
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- == GNU Public License (GPL) ==	+ [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html This license] grants the right to copy, redistribute, and make derivatives. It works similarly to the to the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike, except that it requires the those who use the work for commercial purposes (over 100 copies) to make the original document available for free.
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- This license is intended for software, not for the content of a wiki, so it should generally not be used. However, the Wiki Spot software ([wiki:Sycamore]) is licensed under the GPL.	+ == GNU General Public License (GPL) == + + This license is intended for software, not for the content of a wiki, so it should generally not be used. (Same goes for the LGPL.) However, the Wiki Spot software ([wiki:Sycamore]) is licensed under the [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html GPL].

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BrentLaabs — 2007-03-06 07:13:07

well, this is probably necessary

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	+ When you create a new wiki, it's installed with a default license: [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 Unported]. However, this may not suit your needs, so you may have to change the ["Wiki Creator Guide" wiki settings] to change the "copyright" used. + + Under the default settings, the creators of content retain ownership of their contributions, but agree to release it under your license agreement (e.g. the Creative Commons By-License). Fully copyrighted licenses can of course be used, but as Wiki Spot is supposed to provide a community service, it is not likely to be consistent with Wiki Spot's goals. However, there are plenty of "free content" licenses that can be used to give you wiki the right level of licensing: + + + = Public Domain = + + You can release the content into the public domain, which means that there are no controls on how the content is used at all. Any person can choose to copyright or license a derivative work as they see fit. + + + = Creative Commons Licenses = + + To learn more about each license, visit the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ Creative Commons] website. + + == [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Attribution License] (By License) == + + This license is the default installed with each wiki. Essentially, only thing required by this license is that whenever you use content, you must cite the original source. So anyone can use something from your wiki for virtually any reason, so long as they attribute the source or author. They can sell, alter, fold, spindle, or mutilate your content to their heart's content (so long as it doesn't violate artist's moral rights in countries that have them). However, this is also the most free form of license (other than public domain), and provides the maximum utility to your community. + + This license is recommended, because it places minimal limits on the use of your wiki's resources, while the attribution aspect promotes your wiki. + + You will probably want to use a localized version for the license for your site, such as the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/ United States version]. + + All of the Creative Commons licenses include Attribution, but other licenses include more more stringent requirements, most of which can be combined. + + == ShareAlike Licenses == + + These licenses require that the creators of derivative works from your also make their work available for other derivative works. In this case, you couldn't upload your wiki's content to some page that claimed exclusive copyright over the content, or reprint it in a fully copyrighted book. Essentially, if anyone uses your free content, it has to remain free content. Of course, this begs the question of what is really free content. + + == NonCommercial Licenses == + + This one is pretty self explanatory. The information on your website may not be used for commercial purposes. + + == NoDerivs Licenses == + + Since pretty much the entire point of a wiki is to make derivative works (edits), these licenses are generally not appropriate for wikis. + + = GNU Licenses = + + == GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) == + + == GNU Public License (GPL) == + + This license is intended for software, not for the content of a wiki, so it should generally not be used. However, the Wiki Spot software ([wiki:Sycamore]) is licensed under the GPL.