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Texts in this Wiki space (not media | Texts in this Wiki space (but not media - see below) may be freely redistributed, reused and built upon by anyone, under the terms of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License] (CC-BY-SA) and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Free_Documentation_License GNU Free documentation licence] (GFDL). Contributors agree to release their original content under both licenses when they submit it, and material from public domain sources or other compatibly-licensed sources may also be used in accordance with the copyright policy, provided correct attribution is given. | ||
However, material copied from sources that are not public domain or compatibly licensed without the permission of the copyright holder is likely to be a copyright violation. Such a situation should be | However, material copied from sources that are not public domain or compatibly licensed without the permission of the copyright holder is likely to be a copyright violation. Such a situation should be taken seriously, as copyright violations are not acceptable in the academic environment. | ||
==Copyright, violations and plagiarism== | ==Copyright, violations and plagiarism== | ||
Since most recently-created works are copyrighted, articles in a Wiki space which cite its sources will link to copyrighted material. It is not necessary to obtain the permission of a copyright holder before linking to copyrighted material, just as an author of a book does not need permission to cite someone else's work in their bibliography. For more: | Since most recently-created works are copyrighted, articles in a Wiki space which cite its sources will link to copyrighted material. It is not necessary to obtain the permission of a copyright holder before linking to copyrighted material, just as an author of a book does not need permission to cite someone else's work in their bibliography. For more: | ||