bg3wiki:Licensing: Difference between revisions

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When you create a new page, add some new blocks of text to an existing page, or upload a file to bg3.wiki, and the content you submit is your own creation (e.g. text of your own writing, not copied from elsewhere), you license your contribution to bg3.wiki (and the rest of the world) the moment you submit it.

You are still the copyright holder of such work, and can do whatever you want with it outside of bg3.wiki, but the public receives an irrevocable license to use that content under certain terms. Currently, those terms are dictated by the license CC BY-SA 4.0.

On July 20, 2024 there was a change in licensing of submitted content. See BG3Wiki:Copyrights for details about this.

Files uploaded to bg3.wiki may fall under different licenses, which must be indicated (via selection from a drop-down menu) when uploading the file and will then be noted on the page of that file. If you don't select which license the file falls under, no license will be indicated on the file's page, which may lead to the file being removed. If the file is an image or video recording from the game, it will be assumed to fall under Larian Studios' Fan Content Policy.

If you submit text that you've copied from elsewhere and it's not licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, you can use Template:License on the corresponding page to indicate what license it is.

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-{{hatnote|This article is a guide to licensing on BG3Wiki. For a more detailed overview on BG3Wiki's copyright policy, see [[BG3Wiki:Copyrights]].}}
+{{hatnote|This article is a guide to licensing on bg3.wiki. For a more detailed overview on bg3.wiki's copyright policy, see [[BG3Wiki:Copyrights]].}}
-BG3Wiki contributors '''license''' their contributions when they publish on the wiki. Textual content on the main wiki namespace is licensed under [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ CC BY-NC-SA 4.0]. Files and images on the wiki use a wider assortment of licenses, as noted on their individual pages, and some namespaces and pages may use different licenses from the rest of the wiki, as noted on their individual pages, usually at the top or bottom of the page.
-Examples of pages that often use a different license from the rest of the wiki include Help pages and Templates.
+When you create a new page, add some new blocks of text to an existing page, or upload a file to bg3.wiki, and the content you submit is your own creation (e.g. text of your own writing, not copied from elsewhere), you '''license''' your contribution to bg3.wiki (and the rest of the world) the moment you submit it.
-[[Template:License]] can be used on pages to license contributions under other licenses than CC BY-NC-SA.
+You are still the copyright holder of such work, and can do whatever you want with it outside of bg3.wiki, but the public receives an irrevocable license to use that content under certain terms. Currently, those terms are dictated by the license [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ CC BY-SA 4.0].
-Files and transcluded contents are {{em|not}} automatically covered by the CC BC-NC-SA license on pages. They use their own licenses, as noted on their individual pages.
+On July 20, 2024 there was a change in licensing of submitted content. See [[BG3Wiki:Copyrights]] for details about this.
-== Licensing on specific namespaces ==
+Files uploaded to bg3.wiki may fall under different licenses, which must be indicated (via selection from a drop-down menu) when uploading the file and will then be noted on the page of that file. If you don't select which license the file falls under, no license will be indicated on the file's page, which may lead to the file being removed. If the file is an image or video recording from the game, it will be assumed to fall under [[BG3Wiki:Copyrights|Larian Studios' Fan Content Policy]].
-==== File ====
-File and image are uploaded using the chosen license on the upload page. If no license is chosen, no license will be specified on the file's page. These files may be removed. Images from ''Baldur's Gate 3'' uploaded without without a license are assumed to be uploaded under [[BG3Wiki:Copyrights|Larian's Fan Content Policy]].
-==== MediaWiki and Modules ====
+If you submit text that you've copied from elsewhere and it's not licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, you can use [[Template:License]] on the corresponding page to indicate what license it is.
-The MediaWiki and Modules namespaces primarily use [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ CC BY-SA 4.0], with exceptions noted on individual pages.
-== Multi-licensing ==
-You may optionally multi-license all of your contributions to BG3Wiki under any additional licenses of your choice. These licenses will be {{em|in addition}} to the licenses used on any pages you contribute to.
-To do so, simply note so on your [[Special:MyPage|userpage]]. Remember that this is irrevocable – you cannot take it back later, even if you edit your userpage.

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