Difference between revisions of "Wikipedia copyright"
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| − | + | Wikipedia uses a burdensome and complex system of copyrights, including statements like "any page which does not incorporate text that is exclusively available under CC-BY-SA or a CC-BY-SA-compatible license is also available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License" (GFDL).<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reusing_Wikipedia_content</ref> Wikipedia uses a byzantine system of rules -- as one might expect from its predominantly liberal editors. Authors always remain free to copy their own work, but cannot copy work that has been edited by others unless they comply fully with the requirements of the 3,289-word GFDL. | |
| − | The requirements of the Wikipedia license include:<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> | + | The basic requirements of the Wikipedia license include:<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> |
* any derivative work must be licensed under the same conditions | * any derivative work must be licensed under the same conditions | ||
* there must be attribution of principal authors | * there must be attribution of principal authors | ||
Revision as of 03:50, March 28, 2012
Wikipedia uses a burdensome and complex system of copyrights, including statements like "any page which does not incorporate text that is exclusively available under CC-BY-SA or a CC-BY-SA-compatible license is also available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License" (GFDL).[1] Wikipedia uses a byzantine system of rules -- as one might expect from its predominantly liberal editors. Authors always remain free to copy their own work, but cannot copy work that has been edited by others unless they comply fully with the requirements of the 3,289-word GFDL.
The basic requirements of the Wikipedia license include:[2]
- any derivative work must be licensed under the same conditions
- there must be attribution of principal authors
- the lengthy text of the GFDL must usually be included
- 15 conditions with respect to distributing modified copies
As with Conservapedia's terms, no special exceptions are made for teaching or other non-profit uses, but in both cases the fair use provisions of copyright law apply.
Conservapedia's copyright conditions are generally less restrictive and easier-to-use, but may be revoked "in very rare instances of self-defense" and do not allow for entire sections of the site to be copied or mirrored, unlike the GFDL. For details, see Conservapedia:Copyright.
