{{Header}} {{title|title= {{project_name_long}} Copyright }} {{#seo: |description=Project License, Compilation License vs Individual Software Package License, Conditions for Contributions to {{project_name_short}} |image=C.png }} {{Legal_documents}} [[File:C.png|thumb]] {{intro| Project License, Compilation License vs Individual Software Package License, Conditions for Contributions to {{project_name_short}} }} = Copyright =
Copyright: 2012 - 2024 {{name}} {{name-email}} {{project_name_long}} is copyrighted by [[Imprint|'''{{name}}''']] and licensed under the same '''Freedom Software''' [[#License|license]] as {{project_name_long}} itself.{{Anchor|Conditions for Contributions to {{project_name_short}}}} = Trademark = {{project_name_short}} is a trademark. See [[Trademark Policy|{{project_name_short}} Trademark Policy.]] = Patents = {{project_name_short}} is a {{Archive_link |url=https://openinventionnetwork.com/our-members/community-members/ |text=community member |archive=none }} ({{Archive_link |url=https://openinventionnetwork.com/community-alphabetical/ |text=licensee |archive=none }}) of the {{Archive_link |url=https://openinventionnetwork.com/ |text=Open Invention Network |archive=none }}. = Conditions for Contributions to {{software-name}} = {{name}}, who has funded and run the {{software-name}} project since the beginning, and who has contributed the majority of {{software-name}} specific code would like to have a right to redistribute parts of this code under proprietary licenses. That’s why we ask every developer who contributes code to {{software-name}} project to transfer copyright to {{name}} and permission to reuse the code under a different license. Our [[Terms of Service]] apply. = License = == Software == * '''Compilation License vs Individual Software Package License:''' The {{software-name}} software is a compilation of software packages, each under its own license. * '''Individual Software Package License:''' ** '''Various Licenses:''' Go to the [https://github.com/orgs/{{project_name_short}}/repositories?type=all list of {{project_name_short}} repositories], pick a repository such as for example [https://github.com/Kicksecure/security-misc security-misc] to open [https://github.com/Kicksecure/security-misc/blob/master/COPYING security-misc's
COPYING
] file to learn about each software package's individual license.
* '''Compilation License:'''
** '''License long description used for the the compilation:''' The compilation is made available the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version with additional terms applicable per GNU GPL version 3 section 7.
** '''License short identifier for the compilation:''' The license can be refereed to as {{license_name}}
.
** '''Commentary:''' For comments - which however are not part of the license - why this license was chosen, see our wiki page [[Dev/Licensing]].
{{Project_License}}
== Wiki ==
For the following reasons, only the plain text is licensed:
* The design, html, CSS, and JavaScript (mediawiki) aren’t copyrighted by {{project_name_short}}. These rely upon the license provided by mediawiki / any wiki skins / extensions {{project_name_short}} is using. Anybody interested in using these elements is better off acquiring it from the origin/upstream and not from {{project_name_short}}, since {{project_name_short}} does not fork it. This description is purposefully generic in nature. The actual current license (version) of mediawiki is deliberately unmentioned. This avoids inaccuracies and publications becoming outdated at a later time. The reader is recommended to seek this information from the original mediawiki source.
* Illustrative images (See [https://forums.whonix.org/t/missing-libre-illustrative-images/3912 Missing Libre Illustrative Images] for examples) are not copyrighted by {{project_name_short}}.
* Some screenshots might be Freedom Software licensed by third parties but still not be copyrighted by {{project_name_short}} or under a {{project_name_short}} license.
The {{software-name}} wiki text is a compilation of documentation, each under its own license.{{license_name_wiki}}
, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version with additional terms applicable per AGNU GPL version 3 section 7.
The license can be refereed to as {{license_name_wiki}}
.