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= Copyright =
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Copyright: 2012 - 2025 {{name-short}} {{name-email}}

{{project_name_long}} is copyrighted by [[Imprint|'''{{name-short}}''']] and licensed under the same '''Freedom Software''' [[#License|license]] as {{project_name_long}} itself.
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= Trademark =
{{project_name_short}} is a trademark. See [[Trademark Policy|{{project_name_short}} Trademark Policy.]]

= Patents =
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= Conditions for Contributions to {{software-name}} =
{{name-short}}, who has funded and run the {{software-name}} project since the beginning, and who has contributed the majority of {{software-name}} specific code would like to have a right to redistribute parts of this code under proprietary licenses.

That’s why we ask every developer who contributes code to {{software-name}} project to transfer copyright to {{name-short}} and permission to reuse the code under a different license. Our [[Terms of Service]] apply.

= License =
== Software ==
* '''Compilation License vs Individual Software Package License:''' The {{software-name}} software is a compilation of software packages, each under its own license.
* '''Individual Software Package License:'''
** '''Various Licenses:''' Go to the [https://github.com/orgs/{{project_name_short}}/repositories?type=all list of {{project_name_short}} repositories], pick a repository such as for example [https://github.com/Kicksecure/security-misc security-misc] to open [https://github.com/Kicksecure/security-misc/blob/master/COPYING security-misc's <code>COPYING</code>] file to learn about each software package's individual license.
* '''Compilation License:'''
** '''License long description used for the compilation:''' The compilation is made available under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version with additional terms applicable per GNU GPL version 3 section 7.
** '''License short identifier for the compilation:''' The license can be referred to as <code>{{license_name}}</code>.
** '''Commentary:''' For comments - which however are not part of the license - why this license was chosen, see our wiki page [[Dev/Licensing]].

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== Wiki ==
For the following reasons, only the plain text is licensed:

* The design, html, CSS, and JavaScript (MediaWiki) aren’t copyrighted by {{project_name_short}}. These rely upon the license provided by MediaWiki / any wiki skins / extensions {{project_name_short}} is using. Anybody interested in using these elements is better off acquiring them from the origin/upstream and not from {{project_name_short}}, since {{project_name_short}} does not fork it. This description is purposefully generic in nature. The actual current license (version) of MediaWiki is deliberately unmentioned. This avoids inaccuracies and publications becoming outdated at a later time. The reader is recommended to seek this information from the original MediaWiki source.
* Illustrative images (See [https://forums.whonix.org/t/missing-libre-illustrative-images/3912 Missing Libre Illustrative Images] for examples) are not copyrighted by {{project_name_short}}.
* Some screenshots might be Freedom Software licensed by third parties but still not be copyrighted by {{project_name_short}} or under a {{project_name_short}} license.

The {{software-name}} wiki text is a compilation of documentation, each under its own license.<br />
The compilation is made available under the terms of the <code>{{license_name_wiki}}</code>, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version with additional terms applicable per AGNU GPL version 3 section 7.

The license can be referred to as <code>{{license_name_wiki}}</code>.<br />
For considerations - which however are not part of the license - why this license was chosen, see our wiki page [[Dev/Licensing]].

Individual pages utilizing different licenses mention these in the wiki source code. This can be viewed when using the edit function (Actions → Edit) and/or when downloading [[Offline_Documentation|{{project_name_short}} wiki source code]]. Additionally, this is mentioned in the chapter License for applicable wiki pages.

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= License Links =
== GNU Affero General Public License version 3 ==
The full version of the AGPLv3 can be found here: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html

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