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Grand Theft Wiki has a series of policies regarding the use and reproduction of Copyright material. | Grand Theft Wiki has a series of policies regarding the use and reproduction of Copyright material. | ||
Grand Theft Wiki's content is available under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported]. | |||
==Using Grand Theft Wiki Content== | ==Using Grand Theft Wiki Content== | ||
Grand Theft Wiki's content is available under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported]. | Grand Theft Wiki's content is available under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported]. | ||
In short, you are free to to copy, modify, distribute and transmit the work, but you MUST provide attribution (by linking back to this site on each page our content has been used on) and you must use the same or a | In short, you are free to to copy, modify, distribute and transmit the work, but you MUST provide attribution (by linking back to this site on each page our content has been used on) and you must use the the same licence (CC-BY-SA) or a compatible one for your copy, whether modified or not. | ||
Grand Theft Wiki's name, logo and | Grand Theft Wiki's name, logo, design and meta-content is Copyright © {{CURRENTYEAR}} Gerard Boyers. | ||
====Finding Content Creators==== | |||
On every page, you can view the full contribution history by clicking "View History", which is located at the top next to the "Edit" button. This will show all the users who have edited that page, the specific edit they made each time, and a link to their user page. | |||
Please be aware that edits before 10 October 2010 were made on Grand Theft Wiki's previous hosts, at Wikia. The user accounts that made those edits are from Wikia, and may be found at the following url: (<tt><nowiki>http://gta.wikia.com/User:Username</nowiki></tt>). The accounts on this Wikia with the same name may not be the same person in every instance, although we have taken reasonable steps to ensure that they are. If you are in any doubt, please contact the [[Staff]] who will be able to very each users identity and source the original contributor of all content. | |||
==Putting Content onto Grand Theft Wiki== | ==Putting Content onto Grand Theft Wiki== | ||
;By editing Grand Theft Wiki, you agree to license | ;By editing Grand Theft Wiki, you agree to license all content you add under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License 3.0 (Unported). | ||
No copyrighted content should be placed on Grand Theft Wiki unless one of these conditions apply: | No copyrighted content should be placed on Grand Theft Wiki unless one of these conditions apply: | ||
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*It is fair & necessary to use the content (eg short quotes, company/product logos) | *It is fair & necessary to use the content (eg short quotes, company/product logos) | ||
Wherever possible, you should state where you found the content: | Wherever possible, you should state where you found the content, if you did not create it yourself: | ||
*For images, you must use a [[Grand Theft Wiki:Copyright templates|copyright template]] on the file's page. | *For images, you must use a [[Grand Theft Wiki:Copyright templates|copyright template]] on the file's page. | ||