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# Copyright policy
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Alpine Linux Wiki is an open source based project, and all contributions must follow the appropriate
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open source licenses, **the main license of the project will precede all the others when
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the material is original, thus giving credit and real applause to the content creators**,
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or/and only when the content is taken from a place that allows its relicensing or alteration,
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**otherwise measures will be discussed when making the contributions, for this we have the git
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request send and mix mechanism (knowed as Merge Reques or Pull Request)**, check [contribution.md](contribution.md).
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These contribution rules are particularly important for code the content that is to be
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upstreamed into the wiki, to maintain a clean paper trail of the licensing.
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## About oficial alpine
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- this project is not part of Alpine Linux
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- this project is not related to Alpine Linux
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- this project is not an official Alpine Linux project
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- this project is a separate community effort
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The official alpine project does not certify or are related to this project
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nor does it allow it to be used as an opinion or communication of its official documentation
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## Licensing clarifications
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**CC BY-NC-SA**: the project allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material
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in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given
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to the creators involved. If you remix, adapt, or build upon the material, you must license the modified
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material under identical terms, includes the following elements:
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* **BY** – Credit must be given to the creator of each content respectivelly, starting at the first contributor.
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* **NC** – Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted, with exceptions if you fill an issue here!
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* **SA** – Adaptations must be shared under the same terms, you must obey this terms and do not change it.
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For more information check the [../LICENSE](../LICENSE) file, but those details must be obey:
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No specific authors should be listed in source code files of each page themselves then, but must be do
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when you take content from, specially most commiter contributors or related one if the part
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you take is related to, and the Git history serves as a record of authorship. Please check next section:
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## Attribution authorship
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When take of add content, always should reflect the primary author of a change, for additions of change
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authored by another person, you should ensure they are listed as the author only if
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the upstream/original license forced to. Same case for multiple people, should
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be present one or more citations, for more information about check [contribution.md](contribution.md).
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Real names are not required for authorship or info, although we encourage those contributors who are
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comfortable using their real name to do so, as some upstream projects are pickier about this.
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"Real name" is defined as the name you would use or expect to use for official business and in-person
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interactions but in legal way, not whatever name any particular game, toy, hobby or government agency
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force or thinks you should be using at the present point in time.
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## Copyrighted material
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This project does not absolutely forbids the usage of any copyrighted materials not available
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to the public caused by lack of security of the original parts. This includes any leaked software information
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(in source or binary form), unreleased documentation, non-public releases (such as restricted betas), etc.
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Project contributors are expected to refrain from acquiring or using any such content.
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This **project is not responsible for any non-public material taken, due to neglect of the originals
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or security flaws in its internal policies, and reserves the right to use it, even if it were
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forced to remove it, it will be clear that this content will be used forever in the dark networks**,
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even if those involved can no longer use it.
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# Check also
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* [about.md](about.md)
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* [contribution.md](contribution.md)
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* [README (index)](README.md)
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* [README (main)](../README.md)
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