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Gareth: Add license for the favicon.ico file.

2015-02-25T20:09:40Z

Add license for the favicon.ico file.

Gareth: Updated image link.

2015-02-22T19:32:26Z

Updated image link.

Gareth: Add "roaring penguin" copyright.

2015-02-22T19:26:24Z

Add "roaring penguin" copyright.

Gareth: Added Tux copyright.

2015-01-07T19:57:32Z

Added Tux copyright.

Gareth: Archive proposed text on retro-computing material as there is none on this site as this time.

2015-01-07T19:49:22Z

Archive proposed text on retro-computing material as there is none on this site as this time.

Gareth: /* Fair-use rationale for non-free copyrighted material */

2015-01-07T15:24:36Z

‎Fair-use rationale for non-free copyrighted material

Gareth: Initial version.

2015-01-07T15:07:38Z

Initial version.

New page

This website contains content reproduced under several different licenses, and it is important to be aware of which license or combination of licenses applies to any given piece of content (files, wiki pages, images and so on.)

The text of the wiki pages is licensed under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License]. This is the same license as [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] at the time of writing.

However, any files downloadable from this website may have different license restrictions, and may be "non-free".

Such copyrighted files and material may have been sourced from other websites and may at previous times been available as part of paid-for commercial services. Before using any of this content you should ensure that your use of the content meets any licensing restrictions.

== Fair-use rationale for non-free copyrighted material ==

The primary focus of this website is Linux on the Alpha architecture. As Alpha hardware is no longer being manufactured, and no commercial Linux distributions are believed to offer paid support for it, it is thought that the publishing Alpha-related copyrighted material should have no material impact on any legitimate commercial revenue that could have been generated by the copyright holders. The publishing of copyrighted materials is therefore thought to fall under "fair dealing" in the United Kingdom and other parts of the world, because the uses of such materials will be "non-commercial research and private study". Such material should also fall under the category of "retro-computing", where the material is effectively no longer capable of any commercial exploitation now or in the future.

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-The text of the wiki pages is licensed under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (CC BY-SA 3.0)] and the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL).] This is the same license set-up as [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] at the time of writing.
+* The text of the wiki pages is licensed under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (CC BY-SA 3.0)] and the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL).] This is the same license set-up as [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] at the time of writing.
-The "roaring penguin" [http://www.alphalinux.net/wiki/penguin-circle-135x135.png logo] is used on this website (www.alphalinux.net) with permission from Rich Payne.
+* The [http://www.alphalinux.net/favicon.ico favicon.ico image] is copyright Gareth Randall and is licensed under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (CC BY-SA 3.0)] and the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL).] This is the same license set-up as [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] at the time of writing.
-The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tux Tux] [http://www.alphalinux.net/wiki/alpha-linux-tux.png logo] is adapted from an original which is copyright Larry Ewing, with the permission as follows: "Permission to use and/or modify this image is granted provided you acknowledge me lewing@isc.tamu.edu and The GIMP if someone asks."
+* The "roaring penguin" [http://www.alphalinux.net/wiki/penguin-circle-135x135.png logo] is used on this website (www.alphalinux.net) with permission from Rich Payne.

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 The text of the wiki pages is licensed under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (CC BY-SA 3.0)] and the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL).] This is the same license set-up as [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] at the time of writing.
-The "roaring penguin" [http://www.alphalinux.net/wiki/penguin-circle.png logo] is used on this website (www.alphalinux.net) with permission from Rich Payne.
+The "roaring penguin" [http://www.alphalinux.net/wiki/penguin-circle-135x135.png logo] is used on this website (www.alphalinux.net) with permission from Rich Payne.
 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tux Tux] [http://www.alphalinux.net/wiki/alpha-linux-tux.png logo] is adapted from an original which is copyright Larry Ewing, with the permission as follows: "Permission to use and/or modify this image is granted provided you acknowledge me lewing@isc.tamu.edu and The GIMP if someone asks."

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	The text of the wiki pages is licensed under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (CC BY-SA 3.0)] and the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL).] This is the same license set-up as [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] at the time of writing.		The text of the wiki pages is licensed under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (CC BY-SA 3.0)] and the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL).] This is the same license set-up as [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] at the time of writing.
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		+	The "roaring penguin" [http://www.alphalinux.net/wiki/penguin-circle.png logo] is used on this website (www.alphalinux.net) with permission from Rich Payne.

	The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tux Tux] [http://www.alphalinux.net/wiki/alpha-linux-tux.png logo] is adapted from an original which is copyright Larry Ewing, with the permission as follows: "Permission to use and/or modify this image is granted provided you acknowledge me lewing@isc.tamu.edu and The GIMP if someone asks."		The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tux Tux] [http://www.alphalinux.net/wiki/alpha-linux-tux.png logo] is adapted from an original which is copyright Larry Ewing, with the permission as follows: "Permission to use and/or modify this image is granted provided you acknowledge me lewing@isc.tamu.edu and The GIMP if someone asks."

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	The text of the wiki pages is licensed under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (CC BY-SA 3.0)] and the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL).] This is the same license set-up as [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] at the time of writing.		The text of the wiki pages is licensed under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (CC BY-SA 3.0)] and the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL).] This is the same license set-up as [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] at the time of writing.
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		+	The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tux Tux] [http://www.alphalinux.net/wiki/alpha-linux-tux.png logo] is adapted from an original which is copyright Larry Ewing, with the permission as follows: "Permission to use and/or modify this image is granted provided you acknowledge me lewing@isc.tamu.edu and The GIMP if someone asks."

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−	This website contains content reproduced under several different licenses, and it is important to be aware of which license or combination of licenses applies to any given piece of content (files, wiki pages, images and so on.)	+	The text of the wiki pages is licensed under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (CC BY-SA 3.0)] and the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL).] This is the same license set-up as [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] at the time of writing.
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−	The text of the wiki pages is licensed under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License]. This is the same license as [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] at the time of writing.
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−	~~However, any files downloadable from this website may have different license restrictions, and may be "non-free".~~
−
−	Such copyrighted files and material may have been sourced from other websites and may at previous times been available as part of paid-for commercial services. Before using any of this content you should ensure that your use of the content meets any licensing restrictions.
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−	~~== Fair-use rationale for non-free copyrighted material ==~~
−
−	The primary focus of this website is Linux on the Alpha architecture. As Alpha hardware is no longer being manufactured, and no commercial Linux distributions are believed to offer paid support for it:
−	~~# It is thought that the publishing Alpha-related copyrighted material should have no material impact on any legitimate commercial revenue that could have been generated by the copyright holders.~~
−	~~# It is thought that the end-users accessing this material would not be able to derive any commercial benefit from it.~~
−	# The publishing of copyrighted materials is therefore thought to fall under "fair dealing" in the United Kingdom and other parts of the world, because the uses of such materials will be "non-commercial research and private study".
−	# As a further explanation, such copyright material should fall under the general category of "retro-computing", where the material is effectively no longer capable of any commercial exploitation now or in the future.

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	== Fair-use rationale for non-free copyrighted material ==		== Fair-use rationale for non-free copyrighted material ==

−	The primary focus of this website is Linux on the Alpha architecture. As Alpha hardware is no longer being manufactured, and no commercial Linux distributions are believed to offer paid support for it~~, it~~ is thought that the publishing Alpha-related copyrighted material should have no material impact on any legitimate commercial revenue that could have been generated by the copyright holders. The publishing of copyrighted materials is therefore thought to fall under "fair dealing" in the United Kingdom and other parts of the world, because the uses of such materials will be "non-commercial research and private study". ~~Such~~ material should ~~also~~ fall under the category of "retro-computing", where the material is effectively no longer capable of any commercial exploitation now or in the future.	+	The primary focus of this website is Linux on the Alpha architecture. As Alpha hardware is no longer being manufactured, and no commercial Linux distributions are believed to offer paid support for it:
		+	# It is thought that the publishing Alpha-related copyrighted material should have no material impact on any legitimate commercial revenue that could have been generated by the copyright holders.
		+	# It is thought that the end-users accessing this material would not be able to derive any commercial benefit from it.
		+	# The publishing of copyrighted materials is therefore thought to fall under "fair dealing" in the United Kingdom and other parts of the world, because the uses of such materials will be "non-commercial research and private study".
		+	# As a further explanation, such copyright material should fall under the general category of "retro-computing", where the material is effectively no longer capable of any commercial exploitation now or in the future.