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Raffi at 16:43, 29 July 2010

2010-07-29T16:43:33Z

Raffi at 16:38, 29 July 2010

2010-07-29T16:38:57Z

Raffi at 17:09, 8 July 2010

2010-07-08T17:09:52Z

Raffi at 22:01, 19 October 2009

2009-10-19T22:01:21Z

Raffi: more legal mumbo jumbo

2009-05-11T22:57:26Z

more legal mumbo jumbo

Raffi: Used new wording to make sure it's clear contributors keep the copyright to their work, and are only granting license to use it here.

2009-05-11T22:44:41Z

Used new wording to make sure it's clear contributors keep the copyright to their work, and are only granting license to use it here.

Raffi: further clarification/explanation

2009-03-06T06:44:32Z

further clarification/explanation

Raffi at 17:44, 29 January 2009

2009-01-29T17:44:46Z

Raffi at 15:52, 16 January 2009

2009-01-16T15:52:03Z

Raffi at 16:49, 11 January 2009

2009-01-11T16:49:51Z

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 The text on Gardenology.org is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Sharealike license, ''unless otherwise stated on a page''.  Text contributed by users remain the property of the authors, the authors' employers or the current copyright holder, but they are released to Gardenology.org under the stated Creative Commons license unless other arrangements are made with the webmaster.  Only contribute materials which you have the right to, or permission to add. Photos can be clicked on to be taken to their respective pages for individual copyright information, but the vast majority are under creative common or GNU licenses.  By submitting content to Gardenology.org for inclusion, you grant world-wide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt and publish the content for the purpose of displaying and distributing such content through Gardenology.org's systems and projects. The site design is copyright Gardenology.org.  Any use of the text on this site must be accompanied with full attribution and a URL link to the page of origin.
-When adding any material or information, please add a reference to the source at the relevant spot, by adding the name or link of a source in between the reference tags like this: <nowiki><ref>Name of book or URL</ref></nowiki>.  It will automatically be referenced in the reference section of the page.  If you do not include this reference, your material can be immediately removed as unreliable.  First-hand knowledge or experience with plants can be added in the comments section below an article.
+Always, always [[Help:Contents#Referencing|reference your sources]] of information!
 ==Creative Commons Deed==

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	The text on Gardenology.org is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Sharealike license, ''unless otherwise stated on a page''. Text contributed by users remain the property of the authors, the authors' employers or the current copyright holder, but they are released to Gardenology.org under the stated Creative Commons license unless other arrangements are made with the webmaster. Only contribute materials which you have the right to, or permission to add. Photos can be clicked on to be taken to their respective pages for individual copyright information, but the vast majority are under creative common or GNU licenses. By submitting content to Gardenology.org for inclusion, you grant world-wide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt and publish the content for the purpose of displaying and distributing such content through Gardenology.org's systems and projects. The site design is copyright Gardenology.org. Any use of the text on this site must be accompanied with full attribution and a URL link to the page of origin.		The text on Gardenology.org is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Sharealike license, ''unless otherwise stated on a page''. Text contributed by users remain the property of the authors, the authors' employers or the current copyright holder, but they are released to Gardenology.org under the stated Creative Commons license unless other arrangements are made with the webmaster. Only contribute materials which you have the right to, or permission to add. Photos can be clicked on to be taken to their respective pages for individual copyright information, but the vast majority are under creative common or GNU licenses. By submitting content to Gardenology.org for inclusion, you grant world-wide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt and publish the content for the purpose of displaying and distributing such content through Gardenology.org's systems and projects. The site design is copyright Gardenology.org. Any use of the text on this site must be accompanied with full attribution and a URL link to the page of origin.
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		+	When adding any material or information, please add a reference to the source at the relevant spot, by adding the name or link of a source in between the reference tags like this: <nowiki><ref>Name of book or URL</ref></nowiki>. It will automatically be referenced in the reference section of the page. If you do not include this reference, your material can be immediately removed as unreliable. First-hand knowledge or experience with plants can be added in the comments section below an article.

	==Creative Commons Deed==		==Creative Commons Deed==

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	==No Warranty==		==No Warranty==
	This information is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.		This information is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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−	LIMITATION OF EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITY. The site nor Gardenology.org does not review any works or material submitted by third parties. The site reserves the right (but not the obligation) in its sole discretion to refuse or remove any works or material that are available via the site's systems. The site and Plants.am absolve themselves of all editorial responsibility over the works and material on the site.
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−	JURISDICTION. To the maximum extent permitted by law, this agreement is governed by the laws of Los Angeles, California. You hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in Los Angeles, California, in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of Gardenology.org.

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-The copyrights of material on Plants.am<sup>1</sup> (the site) are copyright Plants.am, the authors, the authors' employers or the current copyright holder. The site does not claim ownership of the content you contribute to Plants.am. Works are contributed with permission. By submitting content to Plants.am for inclusion in its site, you grant Plants.am the world-wide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt and publish the content for the purpose of displaying and distributing such content through Plants.am's systems and projects.
+The text on Gardenology.org is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Sharealike license, ''unless otherwise stated on a page''.  Text contributed by users remain the property of the authors, the authors' employers or the current copyright holder, but they are released to Gardenology.org under the stated Creative Commons license unless other arrangements are made with the webmaster.  Only contribute materials which you have the right to, or permission to add. Photos can be clicked on to be taken to their respective pages for individual copyright information, but the vast majority are under creative common or GNU licenses.  By submitting content to Gardenology.org for inclusion, you grant world-wide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt and publish the content for the purpose of displaying and distributing such content through Gardenology.org's systems and projects. The site design is copyright Gardenology.org.  Any use of the text on this site must be accompanied with full attribution and a URL link to the page of origin.
-==GNU FDL and Wikipedia==
+==Creative Commons Deed==
-Many of the articles are currently unedited versions of [http://www.wikipedia.org wikipedia] articles.  Those articles are under a different license and are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_GNU_Free_Documentation_License free to reuse] with proper licensing information.  Those articles do not have tags - but  can be spotted by looking at the history of the file, which will ''only have edits from user envoy''.  Their most recent version will be found on Wikipedia.  Those articles remaining on Plants.am are being completely rewritten from a gardeners point of view, and incorporating many new sources of information.
+You are free:
+* '''to Share'''—to copy, distribute and transmit the work, and
-==Permission to use materials==
+* '''to Remix'''—to adapt the work
-All the materials on the site are available for you to browse and use for yourself, for free.  To use the materials elsewhere, for example on a website, either non-profit, educational, commercial, etc, is almost never a problem, but please nevertheless check with [[User_talk:Raffi]] for permission.  '''You may use up to 25 articles''' from Plants.am on your website before asking permission, ''so long as you agree to display a noticeable<sup>2</sup> link back'' to the page on Plants.am and agree to remove the materials immediately if requested to do so.  For most purposes, permission to use any number of pages you need will be granted, but prior permission must be requested for over 25 articles, or else usage will be a violation of copyright.
+Under the following conditions:
 ==No Warranty==
 This information is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
-LIMITATION OF EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITY. The site nor Plants.am does not review any works or material submitted by third parties. The site reserves the right (but not the obligation) in its sole discretion to refuse or remove any works or material that are available via the site's systems. The site and Plants.am absolve themselves of all editorial responsibility over the works and material on the site.
+LIMITATION OF EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITY. The site nor Gardenology.org does not review any works or material submitted by third parties. The site reserves the right (but not the obligation) in its sole discretion to refuse or remove any works or material that are available via the site's systems. The site and Plants.am absolve themselves of all editorial responsibility over the works and material on the site.
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+JURISDICTION. To the maximum extent permitted by law, this agreement is governed by the laws of Los Angeles, California. You hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in Los Angeles, California, in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of Gardenology.org.

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 This information is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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 <sup>1</sup>Plants.am is wholly owned by [[Raffi Kojian]]<br>
 <sup>1</sup>noticeable here means the text of the link back should be at least the same size as the text of the article, not super-tiny, or an invisible color

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 ==Permission to use materials==
-All the materials on the site are available for you to browse and use for yourself, for free.  To use the materials on your website, either non-profit, educational, commercial, etc, is almost never a problem, but please nevertheless check with [[User_talk:Raffi]] for permission.  '''You may use up to 25 articles''' from Plants.am on your website before asking permission, ''so long as you agree to display a noticeable<sup>1</sup> link back'' to the page on Plants.am and agree to remove the materials immediately if requested to do so.
+All the materials on the site are available for you to browse and use for yourself, for free.  To use the materials elsewhere, for example on a website, either non-profit, educational, commercial, etc, is almost never a problem, but please nevertheless check with [[User_talk:Raffi]] for permission.  '''You may use up to 25 articles''' from Plants.am on your website before asking permission, ''so long as you agree to display a noticeable<sup>1</sup> link back'' to the page on Plants.am and agree to remove the materials immediately if requested to do so.  For most purposes, permission to use any number of pages you need will be granted, but prior permission must be requested for over 25 articles, or else usage will be a violation of copyright.
 ==No Warranty==

← Older revision		Revision as of 16:49, 11 January 2009
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−	This entire site is Copyright (c) 2007-2008 [[Raffi Kojian]]. Articles are being systematically rewritten to incorporate multiple sources of information.	+	This entire site is Copyright (c) 2007-2008 [[Raffi Kojian]], unless otherwise specified on the article page, photo page or here. Articles are being systematically rewritten to incorporate multiple sources of information.

	==GNU FDL and Wikipedia==		==GNU FDL and Wikipedia==