PlentyWiki:Copyrights - Revision history

Mervi at 21:46, 28 June 2014

2014-06-28T21:46:52Z

Mervi: Copying material from PlentyWiki

2009-08-18T20:24:28Z

Copying material from PlentyWiki

Mervi: permission to use text from the actual theplenty.net added

2006-04-27T09:09:31Z

permission to use text from the actual theplenty.net added

Mervi at 23:15, 3 April 2006

2006-04-03T23:15:05Z

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==Generally speaking==
The use of character names, places, book titles, cover art and trademarks etc are here for informational purposes only. It doesn't change their copyright which belongs to and stays with the author (and/or other parties).

== Adding content: text ==
Please do not "copy and paste" and place here anything without a permission from the copyright holders. If you see a character profile or similar that you would like to use in a website, try to contact the webmaster and ask their permission. Usually it's best to try to write your own articles from the scratch, checking the details from the only reliable source - the books!

== Adding content: images ==
When using somebody's art, always credit them properly and if possible, provide a link back to their homepage/gallery. 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.
* 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 [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.

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.

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	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.		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.
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		+	==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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		+	Questions? Please use the talk page.

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 ==Generally speaking==
-The use of character names, places, book titles, cover art and trademarks etc are here for informational purposes only. It doesn't change their copyright which belongs to and stays with the author (and/or other parties).
+The use of character names, places, book titles, cover art and trademarks etc here is noncommercial, for informational purposes only, and is believed to fall under "fair use". The copyright belongs to and stays with the author, illustrator, publisher and/or other parties.
 == Adding content: text ==
-Please do not "copy and paste" and place here anything without a permission from the copyright holders. If you see a character profile or similar that you would like to use in a website, try to contact the webmaster and ask their permission. Usually it's best to try to write your own articles from the scratch, checking the details from the only reliable source - the books!
+When editing PlentyWiki, please do not "copy and paste" anything from outside sources without a permission from the author/copyright holder of that content. Usually it's best to try to write your own articles from the scratch anyway, checking the details from the only reliable source - the books!
-== Adding content: images ==
+== Adding content: images other than book covers ==
-When using somebody's art, always credit them properly and if possible, provide a link back to their homepage/gallery. Always ask permission from the artist unless it's one of the following known cases:
+When using somebody's art to 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.
-* 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 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.
 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.
+According to the wikipedia tradition, whenever you add something to these pages, you grant the right for others to copy, edit and remove it.
 ==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.
 Questions? Please use the talk page.