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The '''GNU Free Documentation License''' ('''GFDL''', '''GNU FDL''') is a [[wp:copyleft|copyleft]] free content [[:Category:Wiki License|license]] that is frequently used for [[wiki]] websites, and the contents therin. It was designed by the [http://www.fsf.org/ Free Software Foundation] especially for documentation of [[:Category:Software|software]] and is one of the oldest free-content licenses. The specialisation on software documentation brings about some problems when used for other sorts of content; see article ''[[GFDL Concerns]]'' for more information. | The '''GNU Free Documentation License''' ('''GFDL''', '''GNU FDL''') is a [[wp:copyleft|copyleft]] free content [[:Category:Wiki License|license]] that is frequently used for [[wiki]] websites, and the contents therin. It was designed by the [http://www.fsf.org/ Free Software Foundation] especially for documentation of [[:Category:Software|software]] and is one of the oldest free-content licenses. The specialisation on software documentation brings about some problems when used for other sorts of content; see article ''[[GFDL Concerns]]'' for more information. | ||
The most notable user of the GFDL, the [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] projects and its sister projects of the [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]], moved from licensing their contents under GFDL to a double licensing scheme with the comparable [[:Category:Wiki Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike|Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license]], when the GFDL granted the one-time chance to migrate content to this [[:Category:Wiki Creative Commons|Creative Commons]] license in 2009. | The most notable user of the GFDL, the [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] projects and its sister projects of the [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]], moved from licensing their contents under GFDL to a [[wp:Wikipedia:Licensing update|double licensing scheme]] with the comparable [[:Category:Wiki Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike|Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license]], when the GFDL granted the one-time chance to migrate content to this [[:Category:Wiki Creative Commons|Creative Commons]] license in 2009. | ||
Here on [[WikiIndex]], you can find wikis with contents under this license listed in the ''[[:Category:Wiki GNU Free Documentation License]]''. Images hosted on WikiIndex subject to the GFDL will be tagged with [[Template:GFDL]]. The full text of the license can be found at: [[WikiIndex:Text of the GNU Free Documentation License]]. | Here on [[WikiIndex]], you can find wikis with contents under this license listed in the ''[[:Category:Wiki GNU Free Documentation License]]''. Images hosted on WikiIndex subject to the GFDL will be tagged with [[Template:GFDL]]. The full text of the license can be found at: [[WikiIndex:Text of the GNU Free Documentation License]]. | ||
Revision as of 09:21, 4 January 2012
The GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL, GNU FDL) is a copyleft free content license that is frequently used for wiki websites, and the contents therin. It was designed by the Free Software Foundation especially for documentation of software and is one of the oldest free-content licenses. The specialisation on software documentation brings about some problems when used for other sorts of content; see article GFDL Concerns for more information.
The most notable user of the GFDL, the Wikipedia projects and its sister projects of the Wikimedia Foundation, moved from licensing their contents under GFDL to a double licensing scheme with the comparable Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license, when the GFDL granted the one-time chance to migrate content to this Creative Commons license in 2009.
Here on WikiIndex, you can find wikis with contents under this license listed in the Category:Wiki GNU Free Documentation License. Images hosted on WikiIndex subject to the GFDL will be tagged with Template:GFDL. The full text of the license can be found at: WikiIndex:Text of the GNU Free Documentation License.