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Every person who edits WikiChristian sees this notice on the edit page:
:Please note that all contributions to WikiChristian are considered to be released under the GNU Free Documentation License (see [[WikiChristian:Copyrights]] for details). If you don't want your writing to be edited mercilessly and redistributed at will, then don't submit it here.
:You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource. '''DO NOT SUBMIT COPYRIGHTED WORK WITHOUT PERMISSION!'''
This is basically the default MediaWiki copyright notice.
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What ''should'' this notice say?
Some wiki mention
: "Please cite your sources so others can check your work.".
: "By submitting your work you promise you wrote it yourself, or copied it from public domain resources — this does not include most web pages."
== about the GNU FDL ==
There are many other websites and wiki that have excellent explanations of the GNU FDL. Rather than write yet another mediocre description, I'll try to summarize with a few links.
* The official version of the GNU FDL is at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html .
* The terms of the FDL apparently require a copy of it in every work covered by it. Since WikiChristian is covered by it, it has a local copy (at [[GNU FDL]]).
* There is a [http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Simple_English_GFDL simplified "translation" of the GNU FDL].
* An [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_FDL article at Wikipedia discusses the GNU FDL, its pros and cons, and a few alternatives.].
[[Copyright]]
:Please note that all contributions to WikiChristian are considered to be released under the GNU Free Documentation License (see [[WikiChristian:Copyrights]] for details). If you don't want your writing to be edited mercilessly and redistributed at will, then don't submit it here.
:You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource. '''DO NOT SUBMIT COPYRIGHTED WORK WITHOUT PERMISSION!'''
This is basically the default MediaWiki copyright notice.
----
What ''should'' this notice say?
Some wiki mention
: "Please cite your sources so others can check your work.".
: "By submitting your work you promise you wrote it yourself, or copied it from public domain resources — this does not include most web pages."
== about the GNU FDL ==
There are many other websites and wiki that have excellent explanations of the GNU FDL. Rather than write yet another mediocre description, I'll try to summarize with a few links.
* The official version of the GNU FDL is at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html .
* The terms of the FDL apparently require a copy of it in every work covered by it. Since WikiChristian is covered by it, it has a local copy (at [[GNU FDL]]).
* There is a [http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Simple_English_GFDL simplified "translation" of the GNU FDL].
* An [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_FDL article at Wikipedia discusses the GNU FDL, its pros and cons, and a few alternatives.].
[[Copyright]]
