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Please When editing PlentyWiki, please do not "copy and paste" and place here anything from outside sources without a permission from the author/copyright holders. If you see a character profile or similar holder of that you would like to use in a website, try to contact the webmaster and ask their permissioncontent. Usually it's best to try to write your own articles from the scratchanyway, checking the details from the only reliable source - the books!Anything and everything in the actual [http://www.theplenty.net thePlenty.net] is free for you to copy and edit here.
* To my best knowledge [http://stephenyoull.com/ Stephen Youll] hasn't said anything about the subject matter, so we will treat the use of his work in a project like this as "fair use" under the US copyright law unless otherwise told.* Maija Pietik√§inen Pietikäinen [http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/art/m/a/maija/maija.html has kindly allowed the use of her work] as long as the pictures are not altered other than scaled to fit the page.
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==Generally speaking==
The use of character names, places, book titles, cover art and trademarks etc are here is noncommercial, for informational purposes only, and is believed to fall under "fair use". It doesn't change their The copyright which belongs to and stays with the author (, illustrator, publisher and/or other parties).
== Adding content: text ==
== Adding content: images other than book covers ==When using somebody's artto illustrate the articles, always credit them properly and if possible, provide a link back to their homepage/gallery(this is easy to do by creating a page for the artist if one doesn't already exist). Always ask permission from the artist unless it's one of the following known cases:
* John Howe has graciously allowed the use of his work according to [http://www.john-howe.com/forum/smf/index.php?topic=1910.0 these terms] which I believe this project meets.
* Michael Whelan '''does not''' [http://www.michaelwhelan.com/faq.asp?vsPage=faq#copyright allow neither commercial nor non-commercial use of his work]. Please respect that.
If you know of any other Hobb artists that have either given the permission or denied it (generally or specifically for this project), please add them to this page. Try to also provide verification of their terms.
== Your copyright? ==
According to the wikipedia tradition, whenever you add something to these pages, you grant the right for others to copy, edit and remove it. The elements of the information aren't yours to begin with, and the text you wrap them in is part of a shared effort.
==Copying material from PlentyWiki==
We operate under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ "Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported"] Creative Commons License. Yes, you can copy stuff from here and adapt the work, but you must credit us, your work has to be non-commercial - and you have to release it under similar terms.
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