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Classic Yacht Club of America
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Speedy deletion nomination of Classic Yacht Club of America
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 * I have deleted the article Classic Yacht Club of America as per the above. I did read the message on the talk page which said that the contents of the website were public domain, but I could find no indication of this on the site itself. When there is not explicit mention of this, it is assumed that the website is copyrighted.


 * The message on the talk page from you said that you are the webmaster. This raises two points:
 * As the webmaster, you could have a conflict of interest. May I suggest that you read Conflict of Interest?
 * As the webmaster (and after receiving permission from whoever needs to grant it), you could put up a notice saying that the contents of the website are released under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 and GFDL Licenses. Please make sure that the owners of the website are aware of what rights they are giving away:
 * CC-BY-SA 3.0: Anyone is free to Share (to copy, distribute and transmit the work), and to Remix (to adapt the work) under the following conditions: Attribution (they must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor); Share Alike (if they alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same, similar or a compatible license.)
 * GFDL: to assure everyone the effective freedom to copy and redistribute it, with or without modifying it, either commercially or noncommercially. Secondarily, this License preserves for the author and publisher a way to get credit for their work, while not being considered responsible for modifications made by others. (emphasis mine)
 * If you want to grant these permissions, then the easiest way is to put a notice on the website that says (in effect) "Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify items on this website under the terms of the GFDL and CC-BY-SA 3.0" - but if you read those two licenses, I think it gives more precise wording
 * If you have any other questions, please contact me. --  Phantom Steve / talk &#124; contribs \ 01:35, 24 February 2010 (UTC)