WikiPeatia:Copyrights

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All text and media on WikiPeatia are released under open licenses that allow free reuse, modification, and commercial use (with proper attribution), except where otherwise noted.

Text content

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All text content on WikiPeatia is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0) unless a different license is explicitly indicated on the page. You may:

  • Share and redistribute the material in any medium or format
  • Adapt, remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially

As long as you follow the license terms:

  • Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.
  • ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.

Full license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Some older pages or specific contributions may still be dual-licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 or retain the earlier GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). The CC BY-SA 4.0 license is forward-compatible with these earlier versions.

Media files (images, audio, video)

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Media files on WikiPeatia may carry different licenses. Always check the file description page for the exact licensing information. Common licenses include:

  • CC BY-SA 4.0 (or earlier versions)
  • CC BY 4.0
  • Public domain (Template:Tl)
  • Other free licenses (CC0, GPL, etc.)

Non-free (fair-use) content is generally not permitted on WikiPeatia except in very limited cases explicitly allowed by the project’s non-free content policy (if any). See WikiPeatia:Non-free content for details.

Reusing WikiPeatia content

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You are free to:

  • Copy, distribute, and modify WikiPeatia text and freely licensed media as long as you follow the terms of the respective licenses.
  • Use content commercially (the licenses explicitly allow this).

You must:

  • Provide proper attribution (usually a link back to the original page or a list of authors).
  • License derivative works under the same (or compatible) license when required (CC BY-SA).

A convenient way to provide attribution is to link to the page history or permanent URL and state “Content from WikiPeatia, used under CC BY-SA.”

Contributing to WikiPeatia

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By editing WikiPeatia or uploading files, you agree to license your contributions under:

  • CC BY-SA 4.0 (and, if applicable, GFDL) for text
  • A free license of your choice (clearly indicated) for media files

You must be the original creator of the content or have permission to release it under a compatible free license. Do not upload copyrighted material that you do not have permission to freely license.

Questions

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If you have questions about licensing or reusing WikiPeatia content, please ask at the WikiPeatia:Help desk or contact the WikiPeatia administration.