UDWiki:Open Discussion/Page ownership and copyrights: Difference between revisions
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[[UDWiki:Copyrights]] currently states that: | [[UDWiki:Copyrights]] currently states that: | ||
{{cquote| | {{cquote|2+All content on the Urban Dead wiki is owned by the individual user who created it, and may not be reproduced without their express permission. | ||
The Urban Dead Wiki prohibits the usage of copyrighted material in anyway way shape or form without the express consent of the original owner of such material. This includes the usage of logos and other forms of intellectual property.|3=[[UDWiki:Copyrights]]}} | |||
This could be interpreted to mean that a user could demand that all content which they have submitted be removed from the site, which would obviously have a negative impact on a number of pages if the user was a frequent contributor. Wikipedia deals with this problem by stating that by contributing you are licensing your content under the Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY-SA) and the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). As we don't have a requirement for content to be reproducible elsewhere, I would suggest a statement something along the lines of: | This could be interpreted to mean that a user could demand that all content which they have submitted be removed from the site, which would obviously have a negative impact on a number of pages if the user was a frequent contributor. Wikipedia deals with this problem by stating that by contributing you are licensing your content under the Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY-SA) and the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). As we don't have a requirement for content to be reproducible elsewhere, I would suggest a statement something along the lines of: | ||
{{cquote|By posting material on The Urban Dead Wiki, you grant The Urban Dead Wiki a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, edit, modify, adapt, publish, translate, communicate to the public, perform and display the submitted content (in whole or in part) worldwide for the full term of any rights that may exist in the content.}}. Anyway, discuss.--<span>[[User:The General|The General]] <sup>[[User Talk:The General|T]] [[Project_UnWelcome|<span title="Project UnWelcome">U!</span>]] [[Project Wiki Patrol|<span title="Project Wiki Patrol">P!</span>]] <span class="stealthexternallink">[http://urbandeadwiki.smfforfree.com/index.php <span title="Urban Dead Wiki Forum">F!</span>]</span></sup></span> 19:34, 17 May 2011 (BST) | {{cquote|2=By posting material on The Urban Dead Wiki, you grant The Urban Dead Wiki a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, edit, modify, adapt, publish, translate, communicate to the public, perform and display the submitted content (in whole or in part) worldwide for the full term of any rights that may exist in the content.|3=}}. Anyway, discuss.--<span>[[User:The General|The General]] <sup>[[User Talk:The General|T]] [[Project_UnWelcome|<span title="Project UnWelcome">U!</span>]] [[Project Wiki Patrol|<span title="Project Wiki Patrol">P!</span>]] <span class="stealthexternallink">[http://urbandeadwiki.smfforfree.com/index.php <span title="Urban Dead Wiki Forum">F!</span>]</span></sup></span> 19:34, 17 May 2011 (BST) | ||
Revision as of 18:37, 17 May 2011
The aim of this discussion is to achieve consensus on the subject of ownership of user-submitted content. The trigger for this discussion was the recent deletions of user pages and current misconduct case.
UDWiki:Copyrights currently states that:
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This could be interpreted to mean that a user could demand that all content which they have submitted be removed from the site, which would obviously have a negative impact on a number of pages if the user was a frequent contributor. Wikipedia deals with this problem by stating that by contributing you are licensing your content under the Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY-SA) and the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). As we don't have a requirement for content to be reproducible elsewhere, I would suggest a statement something along the lines of:
| “ | By posting material on The Urban Dead Wiki, you grant The Urban Dead Wiki a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, edit, modify, adapt, publish, translate, communicate to the public, perform and display the submitted content (in whole or in part) worldwide for the full term of any rights that may exist in the content. | ” |
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. Anyway, discuss.--The General T U! P! F! 19:34, 17 May 2011 (BST)
