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== Directory Space contributions ==

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Content submitted by users will be considered non-confidential and MyWikiBiz is under no obligation to treat such Content as proprietary  information. Without limiting the foregoing, MyWikiBiz reserves the right to  use the Content as it deems appropriate, including, without limitation,  deleting, editing, modifying, rejecting, or refusing to post it. MyWikiBiz is  under no obligation to offer you any payment for Content that you submit; however, you have the  opportunity to edit, delete or otherwise modify Content once the it has been  submitted to MyWikiBiz. MyWikiBiz has a moral duty to attribute authorship  of Directory Space Content to you, but shall not be obligated to enforce any form of attribution  by third parties.

== Non-Directory terms ==

== Non-Directory terms ==

To fulfill the above goals, the text '''NOT''' contained in MyWikiBiz's '''[[Help:Directory namespace|Directory]]''' listings is licensed to the public under the '''[[GNU Free Documentation License]]''' (GFDL). The full text of this license is at [[Help:Text of the GNU Free Documentation License]]. This text should not be changed due to legal reasons.

To fulfill the above goals, the text '''NOT''' contained in MyWikiBiz's '''[[Help:Directory Space|Directory]]''' listings is licensed to the public under the '''[[GNU Free Documentation License]]''' (GFDL). The full text of this license is at [[Help:Text of the GNU Free Documentation License]]. This text should not be changed due to legal reasons.

:'''Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the [[Free Software Foundation]]; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts.'''

:'''Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the [[Free Software Foundation]]; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts.'''

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.

<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>

<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 ==

If you contribute ND material to MyWikiBiz, you thereby license it to the public

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).

== Reusers' rights and obligations ==

== Reusers' rights and obligations ==

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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]].

=== Fair use materials and special requirements ===

=== Fair use materials and special requirements ===

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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).  

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''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.