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This wiki's content is licensed under the [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ CC BY-SA 4.0] license, unless otherwise indicated. | This wiki's content is licensed under the [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ CC BY-SA 4.0] license, unless otherwise indicated. By contributing original work to this wiki, you are agreeing to make it available under that license. | ||
Don't blindly copy text from [https://museumofzzt.com/file/m/Mwencv14.zip other] [http://www.shikadi.net/moddingwiki/ZZT_Format places]! Just because it's available online doesn't mean you have permission to use it. If the copyright status is unclear, it's better to use your own words instead of someone else's. | |||
Situations where copying is okay: | |||
[https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-protect.html#what_protect Facts are not copyrightable]. If you learn about ZZT's 20,000 byte board limit from an encyclopedia, that encyclopedia does not have a copyright on the number 20,000. You can feel free to write about that number (in your own words) without any need to get permission from the encyclopedia's creator. | * Your source is clearly under a license that is compatible with CC BY-SA 4.0. For example, copying from a document marked as being in the public domain. | ||
* You are copying a fact. [https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-protect.html#what_protect Facts are not copyrightable]. If you learn about ZZT's 20,000 byte board limit from an encyclopedia, that encyclopedia does not have a copyright on the number 20,000. You can feel free to write about that number (in your own words) without any need to get permission from the encyclopedia's creator. | |||
* Some content may fall under the category of [https://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/fair-use/what-is-fair-use/ fair use], such as screenshots of copyrighted software for illustrative purposes. Those are okay. | |||
You own copyright on your contributions, and you can license them differently so long as the terms are compatible. For example, if you upload an image that you created, you can declare in the description that you are placing it in the public domain. | |||
Please play along, and we'll all benefit from a useful ZZT reference. | |||
Revision as of 19:09, 7 June 2020
This wiki's content is licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, unless otherwise indicated. By contributing original work to this wiki, you are agreeing to make it available under that license.
Don't blindly copy text from other places! Just because it's available online doesn't mean you have permission to use it. If the copyright status is unclear, it's better to use your own words instead of someone else's.
Situations where copying is okay:
- Your source is clearly under a license that is compatible with CC BY-SA 4.0. For example, copying from a document marked as being in the public domain.
- You are copying a fact. Facts are not copyrightable. If you learn about ZZT's 20,000 byte board limit from an encyclopedia, that encyclopedia does not have a copyright on the number 20,000. You can feel free to write about that number (in your own words) without any need to get permission from the encyclopedia's creator.
- Some content may fall under the category of fair use, such as screenshots of copyrighted software for illustrative purposes. Those are okay.
You own copyright on your contributions, and you can license them differently so long as the terms are compatible. For example, if you upload an image that you created, you can declare in the description that you are placing it in the public domain.
Please play along, and we'll all benefit from a useful ZZT reference.