MediaWiki talk:Copyright

I reverted to the text from Template:gnunote. Linking to the gnu.org GFDL is not in (strict) compliance. Failing to link to copyrights is not in strict compliance. Martin 22:51, 29 May 2004 (UTC)

For valid XHTML, please change both instances of class=internal to class="internal" --Zigger 15:56, 30 May 2004 (UTC)

Printable version?
Hemanshu made some changes for the benefit of the printable version - I'd like to be able to check that, but I can't find a link to the printable version in my current skin!


 * There isn't a link to it, but the print stylesheet is automatically applied when you print the page. Use the "print preview" function of your browser to see what the printed version will look like. Angela.

If someone prints off a copy of a Wikipedia article, they should in any case also be printing off a copy of the text of the GFDL. So any link is possibly useful for advisory purposes, but no more - and thus local or non-local copy doesn't matter too much, However, I'd have thought it would be possible to make such a link only appear in the printable version, rather than in both printable and online version.


 * I experimented with this on Simple but even things like "class=print" didn't work. Angela.

Further, rather than a link, ideally we'd have something like "If you intend to distribute this document, please also distribute a copy of the GFDL, which you can download from http://etc". This better gets across the obligations that redistributors face. Martin 15:27, 3 Jul 2004 (UTC)


 * I don't think we need all that. The GFDL is more complicated than just distributing a copy of it, so it doesn't seem worthwhile to mention that part of the GFDL without mentioning all the rest of it. The link is there for people to learn they need to distribute a copy of it. Angela. 01:14, 10 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Trademark Notice
I have added the trademark notice (it probably should have it's own page, but I did it for now here as an expedient workaround as I am just an administrator). Wikimedia Foundation was granted trademark registration on Jan. 10, 2006 for Wikipedia. Use of the ® is to give anyone notice that this trademark is protected by United States law and it duly registered with the Patent and Trademark Office (one cannot use that mark until registration is complete). There is an article about the registration in the latest Signpost. Besides having the trademark notice on every page we probably should have a link on every page to a trademark notices page that lists all Wikipedia and Wikimedia related marks, registered or not. Alex756 16:03, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * You didn't explain why you added the notice; you only explained why you could. Superm401 | Talk 06:35, 19 January 2006 (UTC)


 * As I stated above this notice is necessary under federal U.S. trademark law in order to give actual and constructive legal notice to all concerned that the name WIKIPEDIA is registered and protected under the federal law. As the lawyer of record on the application at the U.S.P.T.O. who helped Jimbo and the Foundation apply for this mark I am adding it here to make sure that all are given notice of the status of this mark so that Wikimedia does not loose any right under law in additional to common law rights it has to various marks that it uses, which include but are not limited to Wikimedia, Wikibooks, MediaWiki and other marks that have been developed in the various Wikimedia projects. If anyone reading this has any other concerns or questions please do not hesitate to contact me on my talk page or via the email link there. Thank you. Alex756 22:08, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Please remove this, not only does this make the site look like the web page of the latest Viagra® variant but it's also showing up in Google searches like these

Cirrhosis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alcoholic cirrhosis develops in 15% of individuals who drink heavily for more ... Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirrhosis - 44k - Cached - Similar pages

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 00:04, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I must side with Alex756 on this - many companies have lost valuable trademarks for failure to protect their interest in the mark. Consider aspirin and escalator - once trademarked terms which became generic because the owners of the marks did not police them. It is not so hard to imagine that people may start referring to user-editable encyclopedias as "wikipedias", thus destroying the value of the mark. This is a positive step to prevent that. bd2412  T 00:44, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

"a US-registered 501(c)(3) tax-deductible nonprofit charity"
See this email - I've expanded the wording to "Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a US-registered 501(c)(3) tax-deductible nonprofit charity." - with links to each of what those terms mean. This is the wording that Florence liked, I've asked Brad and Danny to change as needed if it's not precisely legally correct - David Gerard 13:32, 2 January 2007 (UTC)


 * And of course it helps if one doesn't make an HTML error. Cheers to User:Revvar for pointing it out to me - David Gerard 15:43, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

501(c)3

 * Copied from WP:VPM &mdash; W. Flake ( talk ) 19:23, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

The text at the footer of all wikipedia pages contains: Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a US-registered 501(c)(3) tax-deductible nonprofit charity. The 501(c)(3) is a link to the 501(c) article, but it would be better to link to the 501(c) subsection. LukeSurl 16:07, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
 * [[Image:Yes check.svg|20px]] Done Superm401 - Talk 11:50, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia®
I see that this has been discussed before, but the current text reads "Wikipedia® is a registered trademark", but 'Wikipedia®' isn't what is trademarked, 'Wikipedia' is. So doesn't it make more sense to say "Wikipedia is a registered trademark, rather then "Wikipedia (registered trademark symbol) is a registered trademark? Prodego talk  19:34, 19 February 2007 (UTC)


 * That's assuming people read, and use logic when they do ;-) Whatever wording reinforces the messages: it's a registered trademark (not generic), and it's a charity - David Gerard (talk) 13:03, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

MediaWiki:Copyright/ko
모든 문서는 GNU Free Documentation License를 따릅니다. (자세한 설명은 저작권 항목을 참고하세요.) Wikipedia&reg; 은 위키미디어 재단의 등록된 상표입니다.

--  WonYong Talk  09:10, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Fix
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details.) Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a U.S. registered 501(c)(3) tax-deductible nonprofit Charitable_organization.

Fixed with wikimarkup. – i123Pie biocontribs 15:07, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

shows as
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details.) Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a U.S. registered 501(c)(3) tax-deductible nonprofit Charitable_organization.


 * Not done. Wiki markup does not work on many interface pages. I assume this is one of them. --- RockMFR 17:27, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

What makes it appear at the bottom of each page?
How is it implemented that the copyright notice appears at the bottom of each Wikipedia page? Aldrich Hanssen (talk) 19:51, 25 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Magic. The software running the website takes the contents of Mediawiki:Copyright and places it at the bottom of each page. --Carnildo (talk) 20:30, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Additional trademark notice
The logo is also protected, so please amend the notice to say that: Wikipedia&reg; and the puzzle globe device are registered trademarks of Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.

ViperSnake151 Talk  14:57, 1 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Is this an actual request from the foundation, or are you doing this on your own initiative? --Carnildo (talk) 21:33, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Own intuitive based off the AFAIK of US trademark laws and such. ViperSnake151 Talk  03:05, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Dual licensing
I understood that contributions from now on were going to be dual licensed - i.e. both GFDL and CC-SA-3.0. Is this correct, and if so, why is GFDL not mentioned? —  Tivedshambo   (t/c) 11:00, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Village pump discussion about adding images to this message
I have started a discussion regarding addressing images in this message.--Commander Keane (talk) 09:40, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Use protocol relative URLs
editprotected I would like to have this page be edited to use protocol relative URLs such as "//www.wikipedia.org/" instead of "http://www.wikipedia.org/". – Allen4names 05:52, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Looks like it was done some time ago. – Allen4names 06:21, 24 January 2012 (UTC)