Project:Use of copyrighted materials
 | This page documents an Online Communipedia policy. It describes facets of project governance or standards that all editors need to follow. |
All content provided to this project is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0 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,
- Is content which has a compatible license to CC BY-SA 3.0, or
- Is being used under fair use law.
It is the obligation of editors providing content to verify that any such content meets the above guidelines. 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 | |
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| Licenses compatible with Wikipedia | Licenses not compatible with Online Communipedia |
| Creative Commons Licenses | |
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Written works
The reuse of text verbatim is prohibited by Online Communipedia unless it is released under a compatible Creative Commons license or is in the public domain. Even if another rationale may permit it, such as fair use, it is not permitted by policy on this project. Editors must take create care to not plaigarise a written work or paraphrase too closely. The former is prohibited on Online Communipedia due to it being unethical. The latter may constitute a copyright violation or perhaps even an infringement on an author's moral rights, given that it may be seen as a mutiliation of the original work.
When reusing text under a compatible license editors are instructed to use Template:Text attribution or Template:Multiple text attribution, whichever is appropriate. Where to place such templates and how to use them is available on their documentation. Even should a source permit a more lax attribution style, Online Communipedia demands attribution be done in this manner.
Media
A majority of media used at Online Communipedia will be non-free given that, due to the project's mission, media is needed to verify and source information per our content policy. As such, the usage of media is subject to more lengthy guidelines.
Non-free
Non-free media is designated as any image, video, file, or other item which is not written text within an article, which does not have an explicit declaration from the original copyright holder that it is released under a compatible Creative Commons license or is in the public domain. Such media may only be uploaded if it meets all of the following conditions:
- It is...
- Being used as a source for an article, and thus is being used to verify statements about a community's history and function; or
- Being used as the identifying image of a community through Template:Infobox community, and thus is the community's logo.
- It does not infringe on any other policy of this project.
- It's coverage is as minimal as possible for supporting a relevant statement or synthesis.[1]
- It is not information which may infringe the copyright holder's ability to get value out of it.[2]
- It is not a deritive work of it's original.[3]
- There is no other free version of the material that can be obtained.[4]
- It is attributed appropriately at Special:Upload.
The above conditions have been written so as to maximize the chance that the media has a fair use rationale. If any of the conditions are not met the piece of non-free media is ineligible for inclusion and may be deleted on sight by any administrator.
Upon upload the source of the material must be explicitly provided within the summary. Even should an image possess a sufficient fair use rationale, if the source is not provided by someone upon challenge within 7 days, it may be deleted on sight by any administrator.
Free
Free media is designated as any image, video, file, or other item which is not written text within an article, which has an explicit declaration from the original copyright holder that it is released under a compatible Creative Commons license or is in the public domain. Editors are reminded that CC BY-SA-4.0 is classified as an incompatible license.
Free media may be used with no restriction so long as the appropriate license is selected at Special:Upload and the source, along with attribution (if applicable), is provided on the image summary. Media under CC0 or in the public domain does not necessitate attribution or mention of it's license, but Online Communipedia demands the location it was retrieved by provided and the appropriate license be selected upon upload for posterity.
Instant Commons
Online Communipedia has opted into using InstantCommons. Wikimedia Commons is a compilation of free images that are either in the public domain or have a Creative Commons license. As such, any image obtained via such feature may be used, so long as any additional restrictions set forth by the usage of an image - if applicable - are met.
Footnotes
- ↑ A screenshot of the entirety of a ruleset is unnecessary when a screenshot of a particular rule will suffice.
- ↑ Such as screenshoting any material, text or media, intended only for donators to a community.
- ↑ Such as fanart of the community itself or any of it's members, a holiday themed version of the community's logo, etc.
- ↑ For example, if a community has an official variation of it's logo that may be in the public domain (see Template:PD-Simple), that should be used over the copyrighted version.
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