Project:Use of copyrighted materials: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 03:28, 15 April 2023

This page documents an Online Communipedia policy.

It describes facets of project governance or standards that all editors need to follow.

P:UOCM

All content provided to this project is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0 license after every edit. Therefore, any editor wishing to contribute must provide content that is:

Their own content which they are releasing under the same license; or
Is content which has a compatible license to CC BY-SA 3.0.

It is the obligation of editors providing content to verify that such content is under a compatible license. If there is any doubt, administrators may remove such content until verification is made. Note that all content created is by default fully copyrighted with all rights reserved unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Compatible licenses

License Compatibility with Online Communipedia
Licenses compatible with Online Communipedia	Licenses not compatible with Online Communipedia
Creative Commons Licenses
CC BY, all versions and ports, up to and including 4.0 CC BY-SA 1.0, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0 CC0 Any clear declaration of release into the public domain	CC BY-SA 4.0^[1] CC BY-NC CC BY-NC-ND CC BY-ND CC BY-NC-SA

Text

When dealing with taking text from other sources, a link to the original source it came from must be provided at the relevant article (unless the content is CC0 or in the public domain), as all compatible licenses demand attribution.

This is done by using Template:Text attribution. Instructions for using it are available on it's documentation. The template gives options for attributing public domain and CC0 text, but it is not required by copyright law. If the work in question is not released under a compatible license, and it isn't in the public domain, it may not be used at Online Communipedia.

Images

The image must fall under one of the compatible Creative Commons license or it must meet one of the following criteria:

The image is comprised of simple geometric shapes and words and thus under United States copyright law^[2] is not original enough for copyright protection.^[3]
The image is a logo being used in accordance with fair use for the sole purpose of identifying an organization or community (e.g it's logo).
The image is a screenshot used in accordance with fair use for the purpose of educating readers on how a community functions or to describe it's history or events.
The image has been declared in some fashion to be released under the public domain outside of a Creative Commons License.

Even if another license or rationale may technically allow an image to be hosted by Online Communipedia, the image is ineligible for inclusion by policy.

To mark the image's copyright, select the appropriate option when using Special:Upload. The uploader must also place in the file summary the source the image came from unless they select the option indicating it is their own image they are releasing.

Other material

Other material (such as PDF files) may only be uploaded if it is uploaded by the original author and released under CC BY-SA 3.0, is in the public domain/CC0, or is under a compatible license.

Instant Commons

Online Communipedia has opted into using InstantCommons. As such, any image obtained via such feature may be used freely (so long as there are no additional restrictions that may inhibit use), as all content on that site is de-facto under a compatible license.

Footnotes

↑ According to the legal team at the Wikimedia Foundation, CC BY-SA 4.0 is not backwards compatible with CC BY-SA 3.0, and it is the determination of the site operator to follow their advisement. They provide some caveats between text and media, but considering the site operator is not knowledgeable in copyright law, CC BY-SA 4.0 is simply blanket prohibited.
↑ The guidance provided by Wikimedia Commons is used when determining this rationale.
↑ This does not permit inclusion if the work is copyrighted outside of the United States

Template:Pp-auto

At least one revision of this page incorporates text from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ which is released under CC BY-SA-4.0. (view authors)

[1] According to the legal team at the Wikimedia Foundation, CC BY-SA 4.0 is not backwards compatible with CC BY-SA 3.0, and it is the determination of the site operator to follow their advisement. They provide some caveats between text and media, but considering the site operator is not knowledgeable in copyright law, CC BY-SA 4.0 is simply blanket prohibited.

[2] The guidance provided by Wikimedia Commons is used when determining this rationale.

[3] This does not permit inclusion if the work is copyrighted outside of the United States

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 *The image is comprised of simple geometric shapes and words and thus under [[commons:Commons:Threshold_of_originality|United States copyright law]]<ref>The guidance provided by Wikimedia Commons is used when determining this rationale.</ref> is not original enough for copyright protection.<ref>This does not permit inclusion if the work is copyrighted outside of the United States</ref>
 *The image is a logo being used in accordance with [[wikipedia:fair use|fair use]] for the sole purpose of identifying an organization or community (e.g it's logo).
-*The image is a screenshot used in accordance with [[wikipedia:fair use|fair use]] for the purpose of providing critical commentary on an organization or community.
+*The image is a screenshot used in accordance with [[wikipedia:fair use|fair use]] for the purpose of educating readers on how a community functions or to describe it's history or events.
 *The image has been declared in some fashion to be released under the [[wikipedia:public domain|public domain]] outside of a Creative Commons License.