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Is Wikipedia content copyrighted?
The text of Wikipedia is copyrighted (automatically, under the Berne Convention) by Wikipedia editors and contributors and is formally licensed to the public under one or several liberal licenses.
Can I use Wikipedia content commercially?
Wikipedia’s content is licensed under Creative Commons, the one that allows commercial usage. Open Main page and scroll to the very bottom of it. See that small text: Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply.
Can I use a Wikipedia image on my website?
You can use (free) images from Wikipedia on your own site, or anywhere you like. You can use images that are freely-licensed images, provided you comply with the individual image’s license terms.
What is the license of Wikipedia content?
Creative Commons license
GNU Free Documentation License
Wikipedia/Content Licence
Can you use the contents of Wikipedia on your website?
Yes, sure you can use contents of Wikipedia but with a proper credits at end of the source you’ve used. Giving credits and link of original website of an image which you’ve searched in Google is also a good habit, so as to avoid copyright issues.
What kind of license do I need to use Wikipedia content?
Wikipedia’s text content, in a nutshell, can be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license (CC-BY-SA); unless otherwise indicated, it can also be used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. The global terms of use dictate the ways content from Wikimedia sites can be properly…
Can a copy of a Wikipedia article be copied?
Wikipedia content can be copied, modified, and redistributed if and only if the copied version is made available on the same terms to others and acknowledgment of the authors of the Wikipedia article used is included (a link back to the article is generally thought to satisfy the attribution requirement).
When to use Wikipedia content for fair use?
In such a case, the material should be identified as from an external source (on the image description page, or history page, as appropriate). As “fair use” is specific to the use that you contemplate it is best if your describe the fair use rationale for such specific use either in hidden text in the article or on the image description page.