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The license [[Directory:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] uses grants free access to our '''non-[[Help:Directory Space|Directory]]''' content in the same sense as [[free software]] is licensed freely. This principle is known as '''[[copyleft]]'''. That is to say, (unless otherwise indicated) MyWikiBiz '''non-Directory''' content can be copied, modified, and redistributed ''so long as'' the new version grants the same freedoms to others and acknowledges the authors of the MyWikiBiz non-Directory article used (a direct link back to the article satisfies our author credit requirement).  MyWikiBiz non-Directory articles therefore will remain free forever and can be used by anybody subject to certain restrictions, most of which serve to ensure that freedom.
 
The license [[Directory:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] uses grants free access to our '''non-[[Help:Directory Space|Directory]]''' content in the same sense as [[free software]] is licensed freely. This principle is known as '''[[copyleft]]'''. That is to say, (unless otherwise indicated) MyWikiBiz '''non-Directory''' content can be copied, modified, and redistributed ''so long as'' the new version grants the same freedoms to others and acknowledges the authors of the MyWikiBiz non-Directory article used (a direct link back to the article satisfies our author credit requirement).  MyWikiBiz non-Directory articles therefore will remain free forever and can be used by anybody subject to certain restrictions, most of which serve to ensure that freedom.
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== Directory Space contributions ==
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== Directory Space and File contributions ==
    
By posting or distributing Content to or through the Site, unless we indicate otherwise, you (a) grant MyWikiBiz and its affiliates a nonexclusive,  royalty-free, perpetual, transferable, irrevocable and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, distribute, publish, create  derivative works from and publicly display and perform such Content throughout the world in any media, now known or hereafter devised; (b) grant MyWikiBiz and its affiliates and sublicensees the right to use the name that you submit in  connection with such Content, if they choose; and (c) represent and warrant that  (i) you own and control all of the rights to the Content that you post or  otherwise distribute, or you otherwise have the lawful right to post and  distribute such Content to or through the Site; (ii) such Content is accurate  and not misleading; and (iii) use and posting or other transmission of such  Content does not violate these Site Terms and will not violate any rights of or cause injury to any person or entity. You further grant MyWikiBiz the right to pursue at law any person or entity that violates your or MyWikiBiz's rights in the Content by a breach of these Site Terms.
 
By posting or distributing Content to or through the Site, unless we indicate otherwise, you (a) grant MyWikiBiz and its affiliates a nonexclusive,  royalty-free, perpetual, transferable, irrevocable and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, distribute, publish, create  derivative works from and publicly display and perform such Content throughout the world in any media, now known or hereafter devised; (b) grant MyWikiBiz and its affiliates and sublicensees the right to use the name that you submit in  connection with such Content, if they choose; and (c) represent and warrant that  (i) you own and control all of the rights to the Content that you post or  otherwise distribute, or you otherwise have the lawful right to post and  distribute such Content to or through the Site; (ii) such Content is accurate  and not misleading; and (iii) use and posting or other transmission of such  Content does not violate these Site Terms and will not violate any rights of or cause injury to any person or entity. You further grant MyWikiBiz the right to pursue at law any person or entity that violates your or MyWikiBiz's rights in the Content by a breach of these Site Terms.
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The English text of the GFDL is the only legally binding document; what follows is our interpretation of the GFDL: the rights and obligations of users and contributors.
 
The English text of the GFDL is the only legally binding document; what follows is our interpretation of the GFDL: the rights and obligations of users and contributors.
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<font size="+1">IMPORTANT:  If you want to reuse ND content from MyWikiBiz, first read the [[#Reusers'_rights_and_obligations|Reusers' rights and obligations]] section.  You should then read the [[Help:Text_of_the_GNU_Free_Documentation_License|GNU Free Documentation License]].</font>
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<font size="+1">IMPORTANT:  If you want to reuse Non-Directory content from MyWikiBiz, first read the [[#Reusers'_rights_and_obligations|Reusers' rights and obligations]] section.  You should then read the [[Help:Text_of_the_GNU_Free_Documentation_License|GNU Free Documentation License]].</font>
    
== Contributors' rights and obligations ==
 
== Contributors' rights and obligations ==
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If you contribute ND material to MyWikiBiz, you thereby license it to the public
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If you contribute Non-Directory material to MyWikiBiz, you thereby license it to the public
 
under the GFDL (with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover
 
under the GFDL (with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover
 
texts).
 
texts).
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== Reusers' rights and obligations ==
 
== Reusers' rights and obligations ==
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If you want to use MyWikiBiz ND materials in your own books/articles/web sites
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If you want to use MyWikiBiz Non-Directory materials in your own books/articles/web sites
 
or other publications, you can do so, but you have to follow the GFDL. If you are simply duplicating the MyWikiBiz article, you must follow [[Help:Text of the GNU Free Documentation License#VERBATIM COPYING|section two]] of the GFDL on ''verbatim copying'', as discussed at [[Help:Verbatim copying]].
 
or other publications, you can do so, but you have to follow the GFDL. If you are simply duplicating the MyWikiBiz article, you must follow [[Help:Text of the GNU Free Documentation License#VERBATIM COPYING|section two]] of the GFDL on ''verbatim copying'', as discussed at [[Help:Verbatim copying]].
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=== Fair use materials and special requirements ===
 
=== Fair use materials and special requirements ===
All original ND MyWikiBiz text is distributed under the [[GNU Free Documentation License|GFDL]]. Occasionally, MyWikiBiz articles may include images, sounds, or text quotes used under the U.S. Copyright law "[[Help:Fair use|fair use]]" doctrine. It is preferred that these be obtained under the most free ([[libre]]) license (such as the GFDL or public domain) practical. In cases where no such images/sounds are currently available, then fair use images are acceptable (until such time as free images become available).  
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All original Non-Directory MyWikiBiz text is distributed under the [[GNU Free Documentation License|GFDL]]. Occasionally, MyWikiBiz articles may include images, sounds, or text quotes used under the U.S. Copyright law "[[Help:Fair use|fair use]]" doctrine. It is preferred that these be obtained under the most free ([[libre]]) license (such as the GFDL or public domain) practical. In cases where no such images/sounds are currently available, then fair use images are acceptable (until such time as free images become available).  
    
''In MyWikiBiz'', such "fair use" material should be identified as from an external source (on the image description page, or history page, as appropriate). This also leads to possible restrictions on the use, outside of MyWikiBiz, of such "fair use" content retrieved from MyWikiBiz: this "fair use" content does not fall under the GFDL license as such, but under the "fair use" (or similar/different) regulations in the country where the media are retrieved.
 
''In MyWikiBiz'', such "fair use" material should be identified as from an external source (on the image description page, or history page, as appropriate). This also leads to possible restrictions on the use, outside of MyWikiBiz, of such "fair use" content retrieved from MyWikiBiz: this "fair use" content does not fall under the GFDL license as such, but under the "fair use" (or similar/different) regulations in the country where the media are retrieved.

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