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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{KidsIntro|Everything on WikiDeal is free: free to read, free to use, free to improve. This page explains the licenses that protect this freedom. The rights go to a foundation that is run by its users, so that WikiDeal belongs to everyone.}}<br />
{{ExpertIntro|All content is published under CC BY-SA 4.0 and all software under GNU AGPLv3. Each section of WikiDeal builds on different sources, notably the Wikimedia Foundation for the policies and the Free Software Foundation for the free-licensing philosophy. Whatever the source, the rights are invariably assigned to the Ynternet.org Foundation, itself managed by its users, which is intended to make WikiDeal a real participatory democracy. A process of complete transfer of rights is underway. Who deserves a thank-you is on the separate [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Credits|Credits]] page.}}<br />
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= Licensing =<br />
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== Licenses ==<br />
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Everything on WikiDeal is published under a '''free license''':<br />
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* '''Content''' (articles, contracts, documentation): [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)], the same license as Wikipedia.<br />
* '''Software''': [https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License v3 (AGPLv3)], the strongest copyleft free-software license, the family used by MediaWiki.<br />
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This means anyone is free to use, share, study and improve WikiDeal, provided derivative works remain free under the same terms.<br />
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== Sources of information ==<br />
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Depending on the section, the sources differ. The main ones:<br />
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* '''Policies''': adapted notably from the [https://foundation.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Foundation Governance Wiki] (CC BY-SA 4.0), with changes. See the [[Policies/en/Disclaimer|detailed disclaimer]] and the [[Policies/en/Adaptation-Conventions|adaptation conventions]].<br />
* '''Participatory governance culture''': the Wikimedia Foundation and the Wikimedians, whose work shaped participatory governance online, with the inspiration of [https://www.devouard.org Florence Devouard] on Wikimedia governance.<br />
* '''Free-licensing philosophy''': the [https://www.fsf.org Free Software Foundation] and the free-software movement, notably [https://stallman.org Richard M. Stallman] and his [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNE_(encyclopedia) GNUPedia] initial vision.<br />
* '''Software in use''': [https://www.mediawiki.org MediaWiki] (the free software behind Wikipedia) and other free-software tools; the WikiDeal source code is hosted on [https://codeberg.org Codeberg].<br />
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Each adapted page states its own sources in the source line at the top of the page (see the [[Policies/en/Disclaimer|detailed disclaimer]]).<br />
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== Rights invariably transferred to the users ==<br />
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Whatever the source of a section, the rights on WikiDeal contributions are invariably assigned to the [https://www.ynternet.org Ynternet.org Foundation], which is itself managed by its users. This is how WikiDeal intends to become a real participatory democracy: a platform owned by the community it serves.<br />
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A '''process of complete transfer of rights''' is underway, so that WikiDeal ultimately belongs to its users, through the Ynternet.org Foundation.<br />
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This is deliberately described as a '''process''': the rights are '''not transferred in advance'''. The full transfer takes effect once the agreed conditions are met. The corresponding agreement is still to be finalised; it is one of the upcoming milestones of the project.<br />
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The goal of this process is simple: that '''everything ends up under a free license''', owned by the community it serves.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Credits|Credits]]: where the ideas and texts come from, and who deserves a thank-you.<br />
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