Shifti:Copyrights - Revision history

Bryan: mention a caveat about "non-commercial"ness and fundraising. I don't think it actually affects anything but I figure it's best to cover all bases

2008-03-27T16:00:33Z

mention a caveat about "non-commercial"ness and fundraising. I don't think it actually affects anything but I figure it's best to cover all bases

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	Submissions and edits to this wiki are not automatically covered by any particular licence, free or otherwise, unless it is explicitly indicated by the author somewhere (either on the author's userpage, in the text of the page being edited, or in the edit summary of the edit).		Submissions and edits to this wiki are not automatically covered by any particular licence, free or otherwise, unless it is explicitly indicated by the author somewhere (either on the author's userpage, in the text of the page being edited, or in the edit summary of the edit).

	That said, by posting material to this wiki you are implicitly giving permission for that material to be hosted and redistributed non-commercially by this wiki to anyone who reads it. We may also need to make minor changes to it for purely housekeeping reasons, such as adding or removing category tags or moving pages to different titles.		That said, by posting material to this wiki you are implicitly giving permission for that material to be hosted and redistributed non-commercially by this wiki to anyone who reads it. We may also need to make minor changes to it for purely housekeeping reasons, such as adding or removing category tags or moving pages to different titles. We may need to run ads or do fundraising drives, depending on our finances, but this would be done only to keep the website running rather than for commercial gain.

	A copyright holder who has not otherwise released his material under a licence permitting continued redistribution may request that his or her material be deleted from this wiki at a later date. If removal is not explicitly requested, however, this material will remain in the wiki database and may continue to be made available from this wiki (and also future incarnations of the site should it move to other hosting services or change underlying technology to something other than MediaWiki). One should ideally log in when editing, otherwise it may prove impossible to later verify your ownership of the copyright on anonymously submitted edits.		A copyright holder who has not otherwise released his material under a licence permitting continued redistribution may request that his or her material be deleted from this wiki at a later date. If removal is not explicitly requested, however, this material will remain in the wiki database and may continue to be made available from this wiki (and also future incarnations of the site should it move to other hosting services or change underlying technology to something other than MediaWiki). One should ideally log in when editing, otherwise it may prove impossible to later verify your ownership of the copyright on anonymously submitted edits.

	It should go without saying that no user should post material whose copyright is held by someone else without the copyright holder's permission (though certain fair use exemptions may apply that are too complex to go into in detail here).		It should go without saying that no user should post material whose copyright is held by someone else without the copyright holder's permission (though certain fair use exemptions may apply that are too complex to go into in detail here).

Bryan: change "possibly" to "also". The possibly was intended to mean that I wasn't sure whether we'd move servers or change technologies, but I can see that it might be misinterpreted

2007-08-05T05:14:54Z

change "possibly" to "also". The possibly was intended to mean that I wasn't sure whether we'd move servers or change technologies, but I can see that it might be misinterpreted

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	That said, by posting material to this wiki you are implicitly giving permission for that material to be hosted and redistributed non-commercially by this wiki to anyone who reads it. We may also need to make minor changes to it for purely housekeeping reasons, such as adding or removing category tags or moving pages to different titles.		That said, by posting material to this wiki you are implicitly giving permission for that material to be hosted and redistributed non-commercially by this wiki to anyone who reads it. We may also need to make minor changes to it for purely housekeeping reasons, such as adding or removing category tags or moving pages to different titles.

	A copyright holder who has not otherwise released his material under a licence permitting continued redistribution may request that his or her material be deleted from this wiki at a later date. If removal is not explicitly requested, however, this material will remain in the wiki database and may continue to be made available from this wiki (and ~~possibly~~ future incarnations of the site should it move to other hosting services or change underlying technology to something other than MediaWiki). One should ideally log in when editing, otherwise it may prove impossible to later verify your ownership of the copyright on anonymously submitted edits.		A copyright holder who has not otherwise released his material under a licence permitting continued redistribution may request that his or her material be deleted from this wiki at a later date. If removal is not explicitly requested, however, this material will remain in the wiki database and may continue to be made available from this wiki (and also future incarnations of the site should it move to other hosting services or change underlying technology to something other than MediaWiki). One should ideally log in when editing, otherwise it may prove impossible to later verify your ownership of the copyright on anonymously submitted edits.

	It should go without saying that no user should post material whose copyright is held by someone else without the copyright holder's permission (though certain fair use exemptions may apply that are too complex to go into in detail here).		It should go without saying that no user should post material whose copyright is held by someone else without the copyright holder's permission (though certain fair use exemptions may apply that are too complex to go into in detail here).

Bryan: add a line pointing out the possibility that we may need to add or remove categories, or move pages to different titles, without the copyright holder's explicit permission.

2007-07-20T05:22:22Z

add a line pointing out the possibility that we may need to add or remove categories, or move pages to different titles, without the copyright holder's explicit permission.

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	Submissions and edits to this wiki are not automatically covered by any particular licence, free or otherwise, unless it is explicitly indicated by the author somewhere (either on the author's userpage, in the text of the page being edited, or in the edit summary of the edit).		Submissions and edits to this wiki are not automatically covered by any particular licence, free or otherwise, unless it is explicitly indicated by the author somewhere (either on the author's userpage, in the text of the page being edited, or in the edit summary of the edit).

	That said, by posting material to this wiki you are implicitly giving permission for that material to be hosted and redistributed non-commercially by this wiki to anyone who reads it.		That said, by posting material to this wiki you are implicitly giving permission for that material to be hosted and redistributed non-commercially by this wiki to anyone who reads it. We may also need to make minor changes to it for purely housekeeping reasons, such as adding or removing category tags or moving pages to different titles.

	A copyright holder who has not otherwise released his material under a licence permitting continued redistribution may request that his or her material be deleted from this wiki at a later date. If removal is not explicitly requested, however, this material will remain in the wiki database and may continue to be made available from this wiki (and possibly future incarnations of the site should it move to other hosting services or change underlying technology to something other than MediaWiki). One should ideally log in when editing, otherwise it may prove impossible to later verify your ownership of the copyright on anonymously submitted edits.		A copyright holder who has not otherwise released his material under a licence permitting continued redistribution may request that his or her material be deleted from this wiki at a later date. If removal is not explicitly requested, however, this material will remain in the wiki database and may continue to be made available from this wiki (and possibly future incarnations of the site should it move to other hosting services or change underlying technology to something other than MediaWiki). One should ideally log in when editing, otherwise it may prove impossible to later verify your ownership of the copyright on anonymously submitted edits.

	It should go without saying that no user should post material whose copyright is held by someone else without the copyright holder's permission (though certain fair use exemptions may apply that are too complex to go into in detail here).		It should go without saying that no user should post material whose copyright is held by someone else without the copyright holder's permission (though certain fair use exemptions may apply that are too complex to go into in detail here).

Bryan: Mention a caveat

2007-07-18T05:26:05Z

Mention a caveat

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	That said, by posting material to this wiki you are implicitly giving permission for that material to be hosted and redistributed non-commercially by this wiki to anyone who reads it.		That said, by posting material to this wiki you are implicitly giving permission for that material to be hosted and redistributed non-commercially by this wiki to anyone who reads it.

	A copyright holder who has not otherwise released his material under a licence permitting continued redistribution may request that his or her material be deleted from this wiki at a later date. If removal is not explicitly requested, however, this material will remain in the wiki database and may continue to be made available from this wiki (and possibly future incarnations of the site should it move to other hosting services or change underlying technology to something other than MediaWiki).		A copyright holder who has not otherwise released his material under a licence permitting continued redistribution may request that his or her material be deleted from this wiki at a later date. If removal is not explicitly requested, however, this material will remain in the wiki database and may continue to be made available from this wiki (and possibly future incarnations of the site should it move to other hosting services or change underlying technology to something other than MediaWiki). One should ideally log in when editing, otherwise it may prove impossible to later verify your ownership of the copyright on anonymously submitted edits.

	It should go without saying that no user should post material whose copyright is held by someone else without the copyright holder's permission (though certain fair use exemptions may apply that are too complex to go into in detail here).		It should go without saying that no user should post material whose copyright is held by someone else without the copyright holder's permission (though certain fair use exemptions may apply that are too complex to go into in detail here).

Bryan: Protected "Shifti:Copyrights": Fundamental policy with possible legal ramifications, should only be edited with care [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

2007-07-17T03:26:27Z

Protected "Shifti:Copyrights": Fundamental policy with possible legal ramifications, should only be edited with care [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

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Bryan: Since it's important to have some sort of explicit copyright policy, putting one together. I'm not a lawyer but this seems like straightforward common sense

2007-07-17T03:24:52Z

Since it's important to have some sort of explicit copyright policy, putting one together. I'm not a lawyer but this seems like straightforward common sense

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'''Copyrights for all material on this wiki are retained by the original author.'''

Submissions and edits to this wiki are not automatically covered by any particular licence, free or otherwise, unless it is explicitly indicated by the author somewhere (either on the author's userpage, in the text of the page being edited, or in the edit summary of the edit).

That said, by posting material to this wiki you are implicitly giving permission for that material to be hosted and redistributed non-commercially by this wiki to anyone who reads it.

A copyright holder who has not otherwise released his material under a licence permitting continued redistribution may request that his or her material be deleted from this wiki at a later date. If removal is not explicitly requested, however, this material will remain in the wiki database and may continue to be made available from this wiki (and possibly future incarnations of the site should it move to other hosting services or change underlying technology to something other than MediaWiki).

It should go without saying that no user should post material whose copyright is held by someone else without the copyright holder's permission (though certain fair use exemptions may apply that are too complex to go into in detail here).