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The '''GNU Free Documentation License''' ('''GFDL''', '''GNU FDL''') is a [[wp:copyleft|copyleft]] free content [[:Category: | {{shortcut|GFDL|GNU FDL}} | ||
The '''GNU Free Documentation License''' ('''GFDL''', '''GNU FDL''') is a [[wp:copyleft|copyleft]] free content [[:Category:License|license]] that is frequently used on [[:Category:Wiki|wiki]] websites for [[:Category:Wiki License|licensing]] their 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 [[:Category:Free content|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 [[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. | 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 [[ | 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]]. | ||
;External links | ;External links | ||
*[http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html the original license text on GNU.org] | *[http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html the original license text on GNU.org] | ||
*[http://everything2.com/title/GNU+Free+Documentation+License GNU Free Documentation License at Everything2] – GFDL full text version histories | *[http://everything2.com/title/GNU+Free+Documentation+License GNU Free Documentation License at Everything2] – GFDL full text version histories | ||
*[[wp:GNU Free Documentation License| | *[[wp:GNU Free Documentation License|Article on the GNU Free Documentation License]] on the [[English Wikipedia]] | ||
[[Category:Terms]] | [[Category:Terms]] | ||
[[Category:GNU| ]] | [[Category:GNU| ]] | ||
[[Category:Wiki GNU Free Documentation License| ]] | [[Category:Wiki GNU Free Documentation License| ]] | ||