SweepMeWiki:Copyrights

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The content on the SweepMe! Wiki is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License unless otherwise noted. This page summarizes what you need to pay attention for if you want to use content from this Wiki or if you contribute to this Wiki.

Main Principles of the CC-BY-SA License

This is just a short summary of the core principles of the CC-BY-SA License[1] and not legally binding. For more details, read the legal text of the CC-BY-SA 4.0 License.

What you are allowed to do

  • You can use, copy and redistribute the content.
  • You can change and modify the content and create derivative work.

Which terms apply

  • An appropriate attribution is required. Usually you need to provide the author, where you have taken the content from, a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. Differing attribution requirements may be stated by the author.
  • If you use the content, modify it, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.

Using content from this Wiki

Text

The text in the articles of this Wiki are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License unless otherwise noted. Contributors have accepted that the attribution is satisfied by a hyperlink to the article page or the URL.

Images

Images uploaded to this Wiki might be licensed under various licenses. Please have a look at the image page (by clicking on an image you will get there), where you should find a section showing the license and the source of the image. In case the contributor has not included the license, the image needs to be considered copyrighted. Do not use the image until the licensing status is clear. Even if the image is public domain, this needs to be stated on the image page.

Code

Small code snippets can be either included in the article text itself, in that case it is considered as Text. If code is supplied as an attachment, see Files and Other Resources

Files and Other Resources

Files and Other Resources might be licensed under various licenses. The license should be included it the package.

Contributing content to this Wiki

Text

Your contribution to this Wiki is considered to be licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. You agree that a hyperlink or URL to the article page is sufficient attribution. You may only contribute content which

  • you wrote yourself,
  • is public domain,
  • or is available under a license that allows a publication under these terms. Attribution must be given if required by using an appropriate reference.

Images

Own images

Images from other sources

Files and Other Resources

References

  1. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) License, human-readable summary