Wikitravel Shared:Copyleft Travel Guide
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Wikitravel Shared uses a copyleft license for all text, images, and other content on the web site.
Things for users to know
Copyleft means that every single author, editor, illustrator, mapmaker, factchecker and photographer who puts their work into Wikitravel Shared gives you the right to read, copy, print, save, download, read aloud, project, modify, email, distribute, sell, photocopy and correct their work however you want to.
The only restrictions are that if you distribute it, you must give attribution to the creators, and if you derive new work from it, you must give the same rights to users of that work.
In other words, we give you practically every freedom within the boundaries of the law to use the information in Wikitravel Shared, except the freedom to take that freedom away from others.
The license we use is the Attribution-ShareAlike 1.0 license. It's a piece of legal documentation created by the great people at Creative Commons that basically says the same thing as above: give Wikitravellers credit for their work, and share with other people.
If you want you can read the full text of the Attribution-ShareAlike 1.0 license. For the purposes of the License, a Work is the formatted text that makes up a single Wikitravel Shared article. Each image individually is also a Work for the purposes of the License.
In addition, there may be other restrictions on use or distribution based on law in your country or state; in particular, consider privacy rights for photographs of people, and publicity rights for photographs or representations of people and possibly famous sites.
Lastly, to the extent possible there is NO WARRANTY on any of the articles or images in Wikitravel Shared. Hotels close; bars raise prices; train schedules change; earthquakes, mudslides, wars and lightning strikes destroy sights, statues and cities. People make mistakes. Wikitravellers try their best, but none of the creators of these pages are responsible to you in any way for any injury or discomfort you endure before, after, or during your travels. See the License above for details.
If you're setting up a mirror web site, you might want to check out how to re-use Wikitravel guides.
Things for contributors to know
Copyleft means that every single yahoo, nutcase, screwjob, charlatan, shyster, weirdo, freakazoid, mouthbreather, goofball, lamer, cheater and jerk will have the right to read, copy, print, save, download, read aloud, project, modify, email, distribute, sell, photocopy and correct your work however they want to.
In particular, your work can be ruthlessly modified, edited, or cut from Wikitravel Shared altogether by other Wikitravellers. It can be photocopied thousands of times and passed around as flyers by itinerant backpackers. It can be put in Hollywood movies, and it can be projected onto a screen at an outdoor rave. It can be used for commercial ventures, advertisements, or other purposes (with some restrictions -- see privacy rights and publicity rights) without your direct control.
In return for your incredible generosity, you will have the knowledge that you are helping travellers all over the world, and that all copies made of your work will be attributed to you, and that everyone who derives new works from yours will have to be just as generous as you are. And, of course, you get to use all the other work in Wikitravel Shared the same way; but you don't need to contribute to do that.
You'll also get the pleasure of collaborating with hundreds of other Wikitravellers just like yourself. You'll get free spellcheck service from nit-picky folks you've never met. You'll work together with people you don't know to make better pictures, text, and maps than you've ever dreamed of.
Now, the hard part: because of the Attribution-ShareAlike 1.0 license, you are legally responsible not to put other people's copyrighted work into Wikitravel Shared without permission. You are responsible for getting model releases from people you take pictures of, and you are responsible for any libel you include in your articles.
Before editing Wikitravel Shared articles or uploading pictures, you should read very carefully the full text of the Attribution-ShareAlike 1.0 license, and make sure that you agree to it.
We want to make the best possible travel guide, with the most brilliant writing, the most up-to-date info, the most awe-inspiring photos, the most detailed and readable maps. But no one item is worth putting yourself and this project in legal jeopardy. If you have any questions about the source of something you want to put in Wikitravel Shared, ask about it first. When in doubt, leave it out.
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