Wikiversity:Copyrights

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The license Wikiversity uses grants free access to our content in the same sense as free software is licensed freely. This principle is known as copyleft. That is to say, Wikiversity content can be copied, modified, and redistributed, either commercially or noncommercially, so long as the new version grants the same freedoms to others and acknowledges the authors of the Wikiversity content used (a direct link back to the article satisfies our author credit requirement). Wikiversity learning resources therefore will remain free forever and can be used by anybody subject to certain restrictions, most of which serve to ensure that freedom.

To fulfill the above goals, the text contained in Wikiversity is licensed to the public under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). The full text of this license is at Wikiversity:GNU Free Documentation License.

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts.

A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

Content on Wikiversity is covered by disclaimers.

The English text of the GFDL is the only legally binding document; what follows is our interpretation of the GFDL: the rights and obligations of users and contributors.

For material whose copyright is in question see Wikiversity:Copyright issues. This also includes information on how to deal with such material.

[edit] Copyright and Media Uploads

According to Foundation policy, uploads are required to have a license template and source. To add this information after upload, please edit the image description page directly (click the edit this page tab); uploading a new version of the media will not update the license template, nor the source information.

[edit] See also

[edit] Wikiversity

• Wikiversity:License tags
• Wikiversity:Uploading files
• Foundation licensing policy
• The GFDL and you

[edit] Wikipedia

• Wikipedia:Copyright FAQ
• The Wikipedia:Contributing FAQ for questions on copyright.
• Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks
• Wikipedia:Standard GFDL violation letter
• Wikipedia:Copyright problems
• Wikipedia:Spotting possible copyright violations
• Wikipedia:Fair use
• Wikipedia:Image copyright tags
• Wikipedia:Boilerplate request for permission
• Wikipedia:Copyright issues

[edit] Meta

• Wikipedia and copyright issues
• Avoid Copyright Paranoia
• Permission grant extent
• A new GFDL?