Thomas, No worries, it was fairly easy to overlook, and I wasn't even aware of any licensing information displayed on the main page until your question prompted me to go on a search. Glad to know it's there, and that it is a share-alike license.
On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Thomas Corwin <dog1...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Thank you Ricky. I didn't see that on the site. I will be sure to accredit > the Ubuntu Manual project for any and all work I decide to remix. > > Thanks, > Thomas Corwin > > On Aug 19, 2013, at 2:33 PM, "Ricky Reed" <gnawnse...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thomas, > > To utilize a Creative Commons license to the fullest extent, the material > in question has to be copyrighted. According to the website, all of the > Ubuntu Manual content is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution > Share-Alike license. > > *"This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work even > for commercial purposes, as long as they credit you and license their new > creations under the identical terms. This license is often compared to > “copyleft” free and open source software licenses. All new works based on > yours will carry the same license, so any derivatives will also allow > commercial use. This is the license used by Wikipedia, and is recommended > for materials that would benefit from incorporating content from Wikipedia > and similarly licensed projects. View License > Deed<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0> > | View Legal Code<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode> > "* > * > * > According to the information available on the website, it looks like the > license permits use as long as the original source is credited and the new > creation is licensed under the identical terms and license. > * > * > > > On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 11:17 AM, Thomas Corwin <dog1...@hotmail.com>wrote: > >> Hello all! >> >> Is the information on the UM Website copyrighted material..? I was >> wanting to use the information on it (NOT the HTML coding) to use as a base >> for a site I'm working on. >> >> Thanks, >> Thomas Corwin >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual >> Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > >
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