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Entering information on Wikipedia can interfere with the editor's ''own'' reuse of his ''own'' material. Wikipedia imposes numerous requirements on the reuse of its material, even reuse by the author.  Instead, Wikipedia enforces a communal view of property even on writings of the author himself to the extent they are editing by others. Here are some of the burdensome requirements of the Wikipedia license:<ref>

All contributions to Wikipedia must be licensed by the author under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL).<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights Wikipedia Copyrights] accessed April 7, 2007</ref> This allows other people to edit and distribute that contribution, even for commercial gain, but there are restrictions that they must provide attribution and cannot distribute the author's text or derived works under a different license. As copyright holder, authors may in addition license their text under other terms.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_GNU_Free_Documentation_License</ref>

 

Wikipedia imposes numerous requirements on the reuse of its material, even reuse by one of the authors of pages edited by many people. Here are some of the requirements of the Wikipedia license:<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_GNU_Free_Documentation_License Text of the GNU Free Documentation License] accessed April 7, 2007</ref>

:prohibiting any assertion of private ownership over a derivative work

* any derivative work must be licensed under the same conditions

:imposing 15 different conditions with respect to multiple copying

* imposing 15 different conditions with respect to distributing modified copies

:requiring detailed attribution

* requiring attribution of principal authors

:prohibiting any exceptions for teaching, educational, or noncommercial use

* there is no exception for specific purposes

:including a copy of the "copyleft" license in many cases

* including a copy of the GFDL in many cases

For Conservapedia's less restrictive copyright, see [[Conservapedia:Copyright]].

For Conservapedia's less restrictive copyright, see [[Conservapedia:Copyright]].