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'''Elin uses many free works from other websites. It is the contributors' obligation to check if the media they incorporated into Ylvapedia falls under the CC BY-SA license, and attribute copyright owners appropriately. ''' | '''Elin uses many free works from other websites. It is the contributors' obligation to check if the media they incorporated into Ylvapedia falls under the CC BY-SA license, and attribute copyright owners appropriately. ''' | ||
'''The distribution of in-game media (image, animation) is prohibited by Noa(Lafrontier) | '''The distribution of in-game media (image, animation) is prohibited by Noa(Lafrontier). This wiki is permitted by Lafrontier to use in-game media. However, it is the contributors' obligation to use these resources under fair use, and properly attribute these usages.''' See [[Help:Manual of Style]] for instructions. | ||
Note that copyright law governs the creative expression of ideas, not the ideas or information themselves. Therefore, it is legal to read an encyclopedia article or other work, reformulate the concepts in your own words, and submit it, so long as you do not follow the source too closely. However, it would still be unethical (but not illegal) to do so without citing the original as a reference (see the plagiarism guideline). | Note that copyright law governs the creative expression of ideas, not the ideas or information themselves. Therefore, it is legal to read an encyclopedia article or other work, reformulate the concepts in your own words, and submit it, so long as you do not follow the source too closely. However, it would still be unethical (but not illegal) to do so without citing the original as a reference (see the plagiarism guideline). | ||