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:Some licences are clearly worded only for specific types of works. Historically, licences have been used for inappropriate media types because there was nothing better. This situation creates [[:en:FUD|fear, uncertainty and doubt]] for the re-user, who depends on the applicability of the licence in order to not foul copyright law. Examples:

:Some licences are clearly worded only for specific types of works. Historically, licences have been used for inappropriate media types because there was nothing better. This situation creates [[:en:FUD|fear, uncertainty and doubt]] for the re-user, who depends on the applicability of the licence in order to not foul copyright law. Examples:
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:*The GFDL was designed for software documentation. It clearly applies to "textual works". It does not clearly apply to single images, or to sounds or video.
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:*The [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html GFDL] was designed for software documentation. It clearly applies to "textual works". It does not clearly apply to single images, or to sounds or video.
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:*The GPL was designed for software programs and libraries. It clearly applies to works having "source code", "executable code" and being able to be "run" or "executed". It does not clearly apply to plain text, images, sounds or video.
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:*The [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html#GPL GPL] was designed for software programs and libraries. It clearly applies to works having "source code", "executable code" and being able to be "run" or "executed". It does not clearly apply to plain text, images, sounds or video.

:Some licences are written with requirements that are not a burden for the media format they are intended for, but become intolerable when the licence is used outside of this domain. Example:

:Some licences are written with requirements that are not a burden for the media format they are intended for, but become intolerable when the licence is used outside of this domain. Example:
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*The section "Note: The GFDL is not practical ... are not really suitable for anything but software" can now be removed, as this supersedes it.

*The section "Note: The GFDL is not practical ... are not really suitable for anything but software" can now be removed, as this supersedes it.

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*The GPL, LGPL, GFDL and "[http://www.opendatacommons.org/ Open Data Commons]" are removed from the list of preferred licences. Generally these are inappropriate licence choices for material on Commons.

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*The [http://creativecommons.org/about/cc0 CC0] option be added to the list.

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