Free content (Wikipedia) licenses give others the right to re-use content.
This is intended to be a learning project aboutfree content, what "free" and "unfree" content is, and what kinds of free content there is (i.e. what licences are used). This could a central node for all Wikimedia contributors who want to 1) find out more about free content, and 2) help others with licencing issues, and 3) discuss the various benefits and limitations of free content licences. However, as this page is only just beginning, please addany information, comments and questions, which we could eventually refactor into some useful learning material.
Free content is content (ie books, music, images, etc.) which can be used freely, under one or a combination of free licences. Examples of this are any of Wikimedia projects' content - amongst which is this project, Wikiversity. For a breakdown of what licences are available, and what they mean, see below. Also, seeWikiversity:Copyrights andCommons:Licensing.
In contrast to free content, "unfree" content (or content undercopyright), is released under heavy restriction of use. This means (amongst other things) that the content cannot be reproduced in other formats, publications etc., except by permission of the author and/or publisher, or except under certain specific legal clauses, such as that of "fair" or "educational" use (though this varies between countries and contexts).
More things than you might imagine arecopyright, for example:
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