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Wikimedia Commons Product Readme (OpenDocument)
and uploaded to Second Life. They are all licensed under one of the free licenses required by the
Wikimedia Commons. As such, these photographs are freely redistributable according to the terms of
the particular license under which it was contributed to Wikimedia. You do not need to obtain a specific
statement of permission from the licensor to use, modify, distribute, or charge for these photographs
(unless you wish to use the work under different terms than the license stated).
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
When redistributing these images you must comply with the licensing conditions. For details on
compliance conditions and licensing when reusing Wikimedia content outside Wikimedia see:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Reusing_content_outside_Wikimedia
The free licenses generally require that you also license your derivative work under the same license
and, when redistributing, convey to the recipient(s) the same rights you were given under the particular
license. For instance, these images are all distributed with full permissions allowing you to copy,
modify, and redistribute them.
This document is not meant to provide all of the information on licensing but rather it is intended to
serve as an introduction to Wikimedia licensing. Links to the licenses under which these images are
distributed are available at the above URL and at the official licensing policy page of Wikimedia at:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Licensing
In a nutshell, these images can legally be used, modified, incorporated into your work, redistributed,
even charged for within and without Second Life as long as proper attribution and permissions are
used. In each instance the individual copyright holder has agreed to these terms and released their work
under a free license.