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The '''GNU Free Documentation License''' ('''GFDL''', '''GNU FDL''') is a copyleft free content license that is frequently used for wiki the contents of wiki websites. 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; | The '''GNU Free Documentation License''' ('''GFDL''', '''GNU FDL''') is a copyleft free content [[:Category:Wiki License|license]] that is frequently used for [[wiki]] the contents of wiki websites. 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. | ||
see article ''[[GFDL Concerns]]'' for more information | |||
The most notable user of the GFDL, the [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] 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. | |||
Here on [[WikiIndex]], you can find wikis with contents under this license listed in the ''[[:Category:Wiki GNU Free Documentation License]]''. | |||
==External links== | |||
*[http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html the original license text on gnu.org] | |||
*[[wp:GNU Free Documentation License|wikipedia article on th GNU Free Documentation License]] | |||
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[[Category:Wiki GNU Free Documentation License| ]] | |||
Revision as of 00:54, 1 January 2012
The GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL, GNU FDL) is a copyleft free content license that is frequently used for wiki the contents of wiki websites. 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 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.