Changes: Meta:Copyrights

Revision as of 00:26, 10 July 2014

Current licensing

This wiki uses Wikia's default licensing.

Please see Wikia:Licensing for details of the licensing on this wiki.

Historical licencing

This section details the historical situation only. Please see Wikia:Licensing for our current license.

At the time of launch, May 2008, this wiki used the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) v 1.2.

On June 19 2009, this wiki, along with most others hosted by Wikia, underwent a transition to Creative Commons Attribution Sharealike as explained in Community Central: Licensing update.

Since that time, we have been licenced as described at Wikia:Licensing.

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+==Current licensing==
+This wiki uses Wikia's default licensing.
 :'''''Please see [[w:Wikia:Licensing|Wikia:Licensing]] for details of the licensing on this wiki.'''''
-:'''<span style="color:red; font-size: 150%;">Warning!</span> Information below may be outdated or incorrect.'''
-The '''text''' of this site is freely licensed under the terms of the '''GNU Free Documentation License''' (GFDL). Reusers of the content must retain it under the same licence, ensuring it remains free.
+==Historical licencing==
-Please read the [[Wikia:Text of the GNU Free Documentation License]] for full details of this licence.
+'''This section details the historical situation only. Please see [[w:Wikia:Licensing|Wikia:Licensing]] for our current license.'''
+At the time of launch, May 2008, this wiki used the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) v 1.2.
-<!--- the exact wording of the paragraph below is required by the licence; please don't change it!--->
-:<b>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.</b>
-:<b>A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "[[Wikia:Text of the GNU Free Documentation License|GNU Free Documentation License]]".</b>
-:<b>Content on Wikia is covered by disclaimers and the Wikia terms of use (see below).</b>
+On June 19 2009, this wiki, along with most others hosted by Wikia, underwent a transition to Creative Commons Attribution Sharealike as explained in [[Community:Community Central:Licensing update|Community Central: Licensing update]].
-==GNU Free Documentation License==
+Since that time, we have been licenced as described at [[w:Wikia:Licensing|Wikia:Licensing]].
-The '''GNU Free Documentation License''' ('''GFDL''') is a copyleft license for free content, designed by the Free Software Foundation (FSF).
-The GFDL is a "copyleft" license, meaning the content can be copied, modified, and redistributed so long as the new version grants the same freedoms to others and acknowledges the authors of the Wikia page. Wikia content will, therefore, will remain free forever and can be used by anybody subject to certain restrictions, most of which serve to ensure that freedom.
-Wikipedia, one of the web's most popular reference works, uses the GFDL. Using the same license as that site makes it easy for Wikia users to reuse the content from Wikipedia. You must adhere to the GFDL when using Wikipedia content.
-==Image guidelines==
-GFDL or public domain images are strongly preferred on Wikia. Copyright-violating images are subject to deletion. Copyright information must be added to the image description page of every uploaded image. Images and other uploaded files may be available under an alternative free license, or used under fair use guidelines.
-==See also==
-For more information, see the following pages on the Central Wikia:
-* [[Wikia:Wikia disclaimers]]
-* [[Wikia:terms of use]]
-* '''[[Wikia:Designated agent]]'''
-* [[Wikia:Multi-licensing]]: License your own edits under the GFDL plus something else
 [[Category:Copyright]]