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AI-Admin-Assistant: Page split into Licensing and Credits: short pointer page

2026-07-13T11:24:16Z

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-{{KidsIntro|Everything on WikiDeal is free: free to read, free to use, free to improve. This page explains the licenses that protect this freedom, where the ideas and texts come from, and who deserves a thank-you. The rights go to a foundation that is run by its users, so that WikiDeal belongs to everyone.}}
+{{KidsIntro|This page was split in two: one page about the free licenses, and one page about who deserves a thank-you. Follow the links below.}}
-{{ExpertIntro|Licenses first: 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. The concept, understood as the recipe of the innovations (the sources of innovation and their combination into founding principles), was contributed by Théo Bondolfi. By convention, this page is the only place on the wiki where the founder is named.}}
+{{ExpertIntro|This page has been split into two separate pages: [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Licensing|Licensing]] (the CC BY-SA 4.0 and AGPLv3 licenses, the sources of information, and the transfer of rights to the Ynternet.org Foundation) and [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Credits|Credits]] (the concept, the credits to the sources, and the non-affiliation notice regarding the Wikimedia Foundation).}}
 = Licensing and Credits =
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+* [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Credits|Credits]]: where the ideas come from, who deserves a thank-you, and the [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Credits#non-affiliation|non-affiliation notice]] regarding the Wikimedia Foundation.
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AI-Admin-Assistant: Add anchored non-affiliation notice (Wikimedia Foundation trademarks) in the Credits section

2026-07-07T10:39:57Z

Add anchored non-affiliation notice (Wikimedia Foundation trademarks) in the Credits section

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	The credits also go to the real sources listed above: the Wikimedia Foundation and the Wikimedians for the policies and the participatory governance culture, the Free Software Foundation for the free-software philosophy, and the developers of MediaWiki, of Codeberg and of the other free tools WikiDeal relies on.		The credits also go to the real sources listed above: the Wikimedia Foundation and the Wikimedians for the policies and the participatory governance culture, the Free Software Foundation for the free-software philosophy, and the developers of MediaWiki, of Codeberg and of the other free tools WikiDeal relies on.


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			=== Non-affiliation with the Wikimedia Foundation ===

			Wikipedia and Wikimedia are trademarks of the Wikimedia Foundation. WikiDeal is an independent project of the Ynternet.org Foundation and is not endorsed by, affiliated with, or sponsored by the Wikimedia Foundation or Wikipedia.

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AI-Admin-Assistant: Licensing first: heading order Licensing and Credits

2026-07-03T00:05:01Z

Licensing first: heading order Licensing and Credits

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	= Credits ~~and Licensing~~ =		= Licensing and Credits =

	== Licenses ==		== Licenses ==

AI-Admin-Assistant: AI-Admin-Assistant moved page Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Credits to Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Licensing-and-Credits: Licensing first: page renamed Licensing and Credits (founder instruction)

2026-07-03T00:04:39Z

AI-Admin-Assistant moved page Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Credits to Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Licensing-and-Credits: Licensing first: page renamed Licensing and Credits (founder instruction)

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AI-Admin-Assistant: Restructure per founder instructions: licenses first, sources of information per section, rights invariably assigned to Ynternet.org Foundation managed by its users, credits section (only place naming the founder)

2026-07-03T00:01:13Z

Restructure per founder instructions: licenses first, sources of information per section, rights invariably assigned to Ynternet.org Foundation managed by its users, credits section (only place naming the founder)

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	{{KidsIntro\|WikiDeal ~~was imagined by one person~~, ~~Théo Bondolfi~~. The ~~idea~~ is ~~being given away~~ to everyone: ~~step by step~~, the rights are ~~being transferred so~~ the ~~whole project belongs to~~ its users and ~~stays free for all~~.}}		{{KidsIntro\|Everything on WikiDeal is free: free to read, free to use, free to improve. This page explains the licenses that protect this freedom, where the ideas and texts come from, and who deserves a thank-you. The rights go to a foundation that is run by its users, so that WikiDeal belongs to everyone.}}
			{{ExpertIntro\|Licenses first: 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. The concept, understood as the recipe of the innovations (the sources of innovation and their combination into founding principles), was contributed by Théo Bondolfi. By convention, this page is the only place on the wiki where the founder is named.}}
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	== Credits & Licensing ==		= Credits and Licensing =

	==~~= Concept =~~==		== Licenses ==

	~~The~~ WikiDeal ~~concept was imagined by~~ '''[~~[User~~:~~Creativesoul4ever\|Théo Bondolfi]~~]''' ~~for the~~ [https://www.~~ynternet~~.org ~~Ynternet~~.~~org Foundation~~].		Everything on WikiDeal is published under a '''free license''':

			* '''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.
			* '''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.

			This means anyone is free to use, share, study and improve WikiDeal, provided derivative works remain free under the same terms.

	=== Rights ~~transfer~~ to the users ===		== Sources of information ==

			Depending on the section, the sources differ. The main ones:

			* '''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]].
			* '''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.
			* '''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.
			* '''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].

			Each adapted page states its own sources in the source line at the top of the page (see the [[Policies/en/Disclaimer\|detailed disclaimer]]).

			== Rights invariably transferred to the users ==

			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.

	A '''process of complete transfer of rights''' is underway, so that WikiDeal ultimately belongs to its users, through the Ynternet.org Foundation.		A '''process of complete transfer of rights''' is underway, so that WikiDeal ultimately belongs to its users, through the Ynternet.org Foundation.

	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.		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.

	The goal of this process is simple: that '''everything ends up under a free license''', owned by the community it serves.		The goal of this process is simple: that '''everything ends up under a free license''', owned by the community it serves.

	==~~= License =~~==		== Credits ==

	~~Everything on~~ WikiDeal ~~is published under a~~ '''~~free license~~''':		The WikiDeal '''concept''' was imagined by '''[[User:Creativesoul4ever\|Théo Bondolfi]]''' for the [https://www.ynternet.org Ynternet.org Foundation]. His contribution is the recipe of the innovations: identifying the sources of innovation and combining them into the founding principles of WikiDeal.

	* '''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.~~		By convention, this page is the only place on the wiki where the founder is named. Everywhere else, the attribution reads '''Concept''' and links back to this page.
	* '''~~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~~.

	~~This means anyone is free~~ to ~~use~~, ~~share~~, ~~study~~ and ~~improve WikiDeal~~, ~~provided derivative works remain~~ free ~~under the same terms~~.		The credits also go to the real sources listed above: the Wikimedia Foundation and the Wikimedians for the policies and the participatory governance culture, the Free Software Foundation for the free-software philosophy, and the developers of MediaWiki, of Codeberg and of the other free tools WikiDeal relies on.


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AI-Admin-Assistant: Protected "Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Credits": Bulk protection: Gov pages = administrators only (Theo 2026-06-20) ([Edit=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [Move=Allow only administrators] (indefinite))

2026-06-20T13:26:59Z

Protected "Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Credits": Bulk protection: Gov pages = administrators only (Theo 2026-06-20) ([Edit=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [Move=Allow only administrators] (indefinite))

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AI-Admin-Assistant: Restore concept attribution sentence in Credits body (it is page content, not a footer signature); clean orphan separator

2026-06-14T14:42:04Z

Restore concept attribution sentence in Credits body (it is page content, not a footer signature); clean orphan separator

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	=== Concept ===		=== Concept ===

			The WikiDeal concept was imagined by '''[[User:Creativesoul4ever\|Théo Bondolfi]]''' for the [https://www.ynternet.org Ynternet.org Foundation].

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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.		This means anyone is free to use, share, study and improve WikiDeal, provided derivative works remain free under the same terms.

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AI-Admin-Assistant: Remove in-article signature/question line (now lives only in the global footer)

2026-06-14T14:41:39Z

Remove in-article signature/question line (now lives only in the global footer)

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	=== Concept ===		=== Concept ===

	~~The WikiDeal concept was imagined by '''[[User:Creativesoul4ever\|Théo Bondolfi]]''' for the [https://www.ynternet.org Ynternet.org Foundation].~~

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	~~''WikiDeal's founding research question: [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Glossary:Founding Question\|Can users own, run and sustain a global marketplace?]]''~~
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AI-Admin-Assistant: Replace signature footer with the R&D founding question, linked to the Founding Question article (9 keywords)

2026-06-14T09:44:36Z

Replace signature footer with the R&D founding question, linked to the Founding Question article (9 keywords)

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	''~~Imagination~~, ~~Théo Bondolfi for Ynternet.org Foundation.~~''		''WikiDeal's founding research question: [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Glossary:Founding Question\|Can users own, run and sustain a global marketplace?]]''
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AI-Admin-Assistant: Create Credits & Licensing page: concept by Théo Bondolfi, rights-transfer process via Ynternet.org Foundation, CC BY-SA 4.0 + AGPLv3

2026-06-14T09:37:58Z

Create Credits & Licensing page: concept by Théo Bondolfi, rights-transfer process via Ynternet.org Foundation, CC BY-SA 4.0 + AGPLv3

New page

{{KidsIntro|WikiDeal was imagined by one person, Théo Bondolfi. The idea is being given away to everyone: step by step, the rights are being transferred so the whole project belongs to its users and stays free for all.}}

== Credits & Licensing ==

=== Concept ===

The WikiDeal concept was imagined by '''[[User:Creativesoul4ever|Théo Bondolfi]]''' for the [https://www.ynternet.org Ynternet.org Foundation].

=== Rights transfer to the users ===

A '''process of complete transfer of rights''' is underway, so that WikiDeal ultimately belongs to its users, through the Ynternet.org Foundation.

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.

The goal of this process is simple: that '''everything ends up under a free license''', owned by the community it serves.

=== License ===

Everything on WikiDeal is published under a '''free license''':

* '''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.
* '''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.

This means anyone is free to use, share, study and improve WikiDeal, provided derivative works remain free under the same terms.

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''Imagination, Théo Bondolfi for Ynternet.org Foundation.''
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