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== Written work ==
== Page text ==
The text of SmashWiki is copyrighted (automatically, under the [[wikipedia:Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works|Berne Convention]]) by SmashWiki editors and contributors and is formally licensed to the public under one or several liberal licenses. SmashWiki's text and many of its images are co-licensed under the [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Text of Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License|Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License]] (CC-BY-SA), and in some cases, the [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Text of the GNU Free Documentation License|GNU Free Documentation License]] (GFDL) (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts). Some text has been imported only under CC-BY-SA and CC-BY-SA-compatible license and cannot be reused under GFDL; such text will be identified either on the page footer, in the page history or the discussion page of the article that utilizes the text. Every image has a description page which indicates the license under which it is released or, if it is non-free, the rationale under which it is used.
The text of SmashWiki is copyrighted (automatically, under the [[wikipedia:Berne Convention|Berne Convention]]) by SmashWiki editors and contributors and is formally licensed to the public under one or several licenses. SmashWiki's text is co-licensed under the [[wikipedia:Creative Commons|Creative Commons]] [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported] (CC BY-SA 3.0) license, and in some cases, the [https://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html GNU Free Documentation License] (GFDL) (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts). Some text has been imported only under CC BY-SA and CC BY-SA-compatible license and cannot be reused under GFDL; such text will be identified either on the page footer, in the page history, or the discussion page of the article that utilizes the text.


The licenses SmashWiki uses grant free access to our content in the same sense that free software is licensed freely. SmashWiki content can be copied, modified, and redistributed ''if and only if'' the copied version is made available on the same terms to others and acknowledgment of the authors of the SmashWiki article used is included (a link back to the article is generally thought to satisfy the attribution requirement; see below for more details). Copied SmashWiki content will therefore remain ''free'' under appropriate license and can continue to be used by anyone subject to certain restrictions, most of which aim to ensure that freedom. This principle is known as '''[[wikipedia:copyleft|copyleft]]''' in contrast to typical copyright licenses.  
The licenses SmashWiki uses grant free access to our content in the same sense that free software is licensed freely. SmashWiki content can be copied, modified, and redistributed ''if and only if'' the copied version is made available on the same terms to others and acknowledgment of the authors of the SmashWiki article used is included (a link back to the article is generally thought to satisfy the attribution requirement). Copied SmashWiki content will therefore remain ''free'' under appropriate license and can continue to be used by anyone subject to certain restrictions, most of which aim to ensure that freedom. This principle is known as [[wikipedia:Copyleft|copyleft]], in contrast to typical copyright licenses.


To this end,
*'''Permission is granted''' to copy, distribute and/or modify SmashWiki's text under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license and, ''if noted'', the GNU Free Documentation License, unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts.
::*'''Permission is granted''' to copy, distribute and/or modify SmashWiki's text under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License and, ''if noted'', the GNU Free Documentation License. Unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts.
*A copy of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license can be viewed [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode on the Creative Commons website].
::*A copy of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License is included in the section entitled "[[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Text of Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License|Text of Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License]]"
*A copy of the GNU Free Documentation License can be viewed [https://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html on the GNU website].
::*A copy of the GNU Free Documentation License is included in the section entitled "[[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Text of the GNU Free Documentation License|GNU Free Documentation License]]".'''<!--- see Text of the GFDL, "How to use this license" for why we use this specific form of words (+discussion in Talk) --->
*Content on SmashWiki is covered by [[SmashWiki:General disclaimer|disclaimers]].
::*Content on SmashWiki is covered by [[SmashWiki:General disclaimer|disclaimers]].


The English text of the CC-BY-SA and GFDL licenses is the only legally binding restriction between authors and users of SmashWiki content.
The English text of the CC BY-SA 3.0 and GFDL licenses is the only legally-binding restriction between authors and users of SmashWiki content.


== Copyrighted materials ==
== Images and other media ==
SmashWiki asserts that its usage of images and any other copyrighted materials on the wiki constitutes as [[wikipedia:Fair use|fair use]] under copyright law.
SmashWiki asserts that its use of images and any other copyrighted material constitutes as [[wikipedia:Fair use|fair use]] under United States copyright law.


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The text of SmashWiki is copyrighted (automatically, under the Berne Convention) by SmashWiki editors and contributors and is formally licensed to the public under one or several licenses. SmashWiki's text is co-licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) license, and in some cases, the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts). Some text has been imported only under CC BY-SA and CC BY-SA-compatible license and cannot be reused under GFDL; such text will be identified either on the page footer, in the page history, or the discussion page of the article that utilizes the text.

The licenses SmashWiki uses grant free access to our content in the same sense that free software is licensed freely. SmashWiki content can be copied, modified, and redistributed if and only if the copied version is made available on the same terms to others and acknowledgment of the authors of the SmashWiki article used is included (a link back to the article is generally thought to satisfy the attribution requirement). Copied SmashWiki content will therefore remain free under appropriate license and can continue to be used by anyone subject to certain restrictions, most of which aim to ensure that freedom. This principle is known as copyleft, in contrast to typical copyright licenses.

  • Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify SmashWiki's text under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license and, if noted, the GNU Free Documentation License, unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts.
  • A copy of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license can be viewed on the Creative Commons website.
  • A copy of the GNU Free Documentation License can be viewed on the GNU website.
  • Content on SmashWiki is covered by disclaimers.

The English text of the CC BY-SA 3.0 and GFDL licenses is the only legally-binding restriction between authors and users of SmashWiki content.

Images and other media

SmashWiki asserts that its use of images and any other copyrighted material constitutes as fair use under United States copyright law.