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Could someone please replace the first sentence in the template with this:
I agree to release my eligible text contributions, unless otherwise stated, into the public domain.
The public domain is not a license and prevents any actual licensing of the work, so it should not "multi-license … under the GFDL and into the public domain". Guan aco 01:30, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Why is the word "eligible" there? What kinds of text contributions count as ineligible? AxelBoldt 22:22, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Because it's actually legally impossible to grant one's own works into the public domain in the U.S. and U.K., and this creates serious potential legal problems, I will deprecate this tag if there is no dissent for 4 days. Please see Wikipedia:You can't grant your work into the public domain for a full explanation along with some authoritative sources, including the U.S. Copyright Office. I have created the tag {{ TextLicenseFreeUse}}, which reflects the intent of this template. Deco 03:31, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Can this be reworded like this? I agree to release my eligible text contributions, unless otherwise stated into the public domain. This applies worldwide. Please be aware that other contributors might not do the same, so if you want to use my contributions in the public domain, please check the multi-licensing guide.
This is closer to the {{ PD-self}} tag and removes redundant wording about multi-licensing under GFDL. (If you release it under the PD, why do you need to multi-license it?) pamri 13:50, September 6, 2005 (UTC)
Shouldn't the text at the beginning of this tag be edited to be all-encompassing, like this:
or similar? Many users (like me!) create images that should have a similar proviso associated with them. Thoughts? Thanks! E Pluribus Anthony 20:44, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
I suppose I understand the logic of User:Freakofnurture's reverts to my changes ("beautification," if you will) in this edit. I understand that it may screw up the layout on some people's pages, including his own, but I did like the icons better, as they appear in Template:User Publicdomain and Template:Public domain. It's not a big deal to me though, and considering my reluctance to randomly poll a few hundred Wikipedians, I'll defer to his formatting interests. - Draeco 04:26, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
{{tlx|editprotected}} -- Anonymous Whistleblower 09:52, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
Whoever nominated this for deletion subst'd the notice template, which means that it doesn't point to the right direction. For instance, on User:OrphanBot, the link points to Template:OrphanBot, which doesn't exist. Would someone please replace that text with {{tfd|MultiLicensePD}}? Hbdragon88 23:09, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
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Please add <span class=plainlinks>[http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html GFDL]</span> where the current GFDL link is, for aesthetics. :) If you put it bold too, that'd be good.
dihydrogen monoxide (
H2O)
09:40, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
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Please replace the text under the <span class="plainlinks">'''[http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html GFDL]'''</span>
in this template with under [[WP:Copyrights|Wikipedia's copyright terms]]
, per
meta:Licensing update/Result. Thanks.
Anomie
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20:29, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
{{ editprotected}} Please add [[Category:Copyright user templates|{{PAGENAME}}]] to this template so that it can be found by readers. Thanks. Adrignola ( talk) 05:09, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
Template:MultiLicensePD is permanently
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This template was considered for deletion on 2007 January 19. The result of the discussion was "no consensus". |
Could someone please replace the first sentence in the template with this:
I agree to release my eligible text contributions, unless otherwise stated, into the public domain.
The public domain is not a license and prevents any actual licensing of the work, so it should not "multi-license … under the GFDL and into the public domain". Guan aco 01:30, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Why is the word "eligible" there? What kinds of text contributions count as ineligible? AxelBoldt 22:22, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Because it's actually legally impossible to grant one's own works into the public domain in the U.S. and U.K., and this creates serious potential legal problems, I will deprecate this tag if there is no dissent for 4 days. Please see Wikipedia:You can't grant your work into the public domain for a full explanation along with some authoritative sources, including the U.S. Copyright Office. I have created the tag {{ TextLicenseFreeUse}}, which reflects the intent of this template. Deco 03:31, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Can this be reworded like this? I agree to release my eligible text contributions, unless otherwise stated into the public domain. This applies worldwide. Please be aware that other contributors might not do the same, so if you want to use my contributions in the public domain, please check the multi-licensing guide.
This is closer to the {{ PD-self}} tag and removes redundant wording about multi-licensing under GFDL. (If you release it under the PD, why do you need to multi-license it?) pamri 13:50, September 6, 2005 (UTC)
Shouldn't the text at the beginning of this tag be edited to be all-encompassing, like this:
or similar? Many users (like me!) create images that should have a similar proviso associated with them. Thoughts? Thanks! E Pluribus Anthony 20:44, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
I suppose I understand the logic of User:Freakofnurture's reverts to my changes ("beautification," if you will) in this edit. I understand that it may screw up the layout on some people's pages, including his own, but I did like the icons better, as they appear in Template:User Publicdomain and Template:Public domain. It's not a big deal to me though, and considering my reluctance to randomly poll a few hundred Wikipedians, I'll defer to his formatting interests. - Draeco 04:26, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
{{tlx|editprotected}} -- Anonymous Whistleblower 09:52, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
Whoever nominated this for deletion subst'd the notice template, which means that it doesn't point to the right direction. For instance, on User:OrphanBot, the link points to Template:OrphanBot, which doesn't exist. Would someone please replace that text with {{tfd|MultiLicensePD}}? Hbdragon88 23:09, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
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Please add <span class=plainlinks>[http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html GFDL]</span> where the current GFDL link is, for aesthetics. :) If you put it bold too, that'd be good.
dihydrogen monoxide (
H2O)
09:40, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
{{
editprotected}}
Please replace the text under the <span class="plainlinks">'''[http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html GFDL]'''</span>
in this template with under [[WP:Copyrights|Wikipedia's copyright terms]]
, per
meta:Licensing update/Result. Thanks.
Anomie
⚔
20:29, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
{{ editprotected}} Please add [[Category:Copyright user templates|{{PAGENAME}}]] to this template so that it can be found by readers. Thanks. Adrignola ( talk) 05:09, 5 December 2010 (UTC)