Omaha Wiki:Terms of Use

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[edit] Overview of the Omaha Wiki

The Omaha Wiki began as a course project in the College of Business Administration at Creighton University in the Spring semester of 2007. The Omaha Wiki Advisory Board (hereafter referred to as ‘the Advisory Board’) was formed in April 2007 to facilitate the transition of the site from a class project to a community resource and to take responsibility for the content and management of the site. These terms of use were developed by the Advisory Board in consultation with the Creighton University General Counsel’s office. Additional information on the history and goals of the Omaha Wiki are on the Omaha Wiki’s ‘About’ page.

[edit] Terms of Use for all Users of the Omaha Wiki

Given the open nature of the wiki and the ability of anyone with an account to contribute content, users of the Omaha Wiki acknowledge and agree that:

1. Creighton University and the Advisory Board make no guarantees about the accuracy of the information in the Omaha Wiki. Information in the wiki should not be relied on or used as a substitute for independent professional judgement and Creighton University is not responsible for any actions of persons posting to the wiki or for actions users may take, or fail to take, based on information in the Omaha Wiki.
2. Content in the Omaha Wiki should not be interpreted as the official position or opinion of Creighton University. This includes, but is not limited to, contributions made to the Omaha Wiki by Creighton University faculty, staff, students, and administrators, any of whom may post content as individuals, but not as representatives of Creighton University. Since the Omaha Wiki is open to the public, there may from time to time be spam, obscenities, pornography, defamatory remarks, and inaccurate information. The Advisory Board and the Omaha Wiki user community have developed procedures for reviewing contributions, for removing offensive contributions as soon as possible after such content has been identified as being inappropriate, and for requesting citations, references, or support for questionable information.
3. Creighton University and the Advisory Board are not responsible for copyright violations of users who post copyrighted content. Creighton University follows the terms of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and the Omaha Wiki and these terms of use provide notification to users that they should not post content that is copyrighted, unless it is a fair use of such material or they have received permission from the copyright owner. Creighton has a designated agent who will promptly remove copyrighted material following the receipt and verification of a DMCA takedown request. For additional information, please see Creighton policy.
4. All users agree to comply with these terms of use and with changes to these terms that may be made from time to time.

[edit] Terms of Use for Registered Users of the Omaha Wiki

The Omaha Wiki requires people who want to contribute new content or edit existing content in the Omaha Wiki to create an account by providing a user name and valid e-mail address. The following additional terms of use apply to such contributors:

1. You will select a user name that is not confusing, misleading, disruptive, promotional, or offensive (see the user name policy for details). User names that violate this policy may be blocked, renamed, or deleted.
2. You agree that you will not post spam, obscenities, pornography, defamatory remarks, or information you know is inaccurate. You understand that your ability to edit content on the Omaha wiki may be blocked or rescinded if you make contributions falling into any of these categories or that otherwise violate the terms outlined in the Creighton Fair, Responsible and Acceptable Use Policy.
3. You agree to license your text contributions under the GFDL license. This allows others to edit your text on the Omaha Wiki and allows reuse of content from the Omaha Wiki on other sites, subject to the terms of the GNU Free Documentation license. Attribution for your contributions will be maintained in the page history for the articles you edit and the Omaha Wiki advisory board will make all efforts to develop processes that ensure proper attribution to you and the Omaha Wiki for content from the Omaha Wiki that is reused on other sites. Do not copy text from other sites unless: (a) it is a fair use of copyrighted material and you put quotation marks around the text and a link to the site from which it was obtained, or (b) it is text licensed under the GFDL license and you provide attribution under the terms of the GFDL license. It is legal to copy and edit content from Wikipedia since it uses the GFDL license and information on how to legally do this is explained on the help page on using content from Wikipedia.
4. You can choose the copyright license terms for photographs and other files you upload, provided you are the creator of the content and have the authority to make such decisions on copyright terms. When uploading photographs and other files, the Omaha Wiki asks you to specify the copyright terms and source of the content. If you are the creator, you should indicate this in the source section and you are encouraged to choose a “free license” such as GFDL or a Creative Commons license for such contributions. However, you are free to specify other copyright terms or licenses for your non-textual contributions.
5. You will not make contributions of copyrighted material: (a) where you do not have permission from the legitimate owner of the material or (b) that is not a fair use of such material. If you are uploading images or other files that you believe are fair use of the material, you should indicate “Fair Use of Copyrighted Material” in the file upload form under copyright and should provide a URL or other source in the Source field. If you are not the creator or copyright owner, you are not legally allowed to change the copyright terms to GFDL or Creative Commons in the file upload box. If you post content using a firm or person’s trademark (e.g., logos), you may do so only if you attribute the mark to its registered owner.
6. The Omaha Wiki will not share your registration information with any third party, for commercial or other purposes, but will comply with appropriate requests for information received from law enforcement personnel.
7. You represent and warrant to Creighton University and the Omaha Wiki Advisory Board that they have the authority and right to grant the licenses described in the terms above. You also indemnify Creighton University, its officers, directors, employees, and members of the Omaha Wiki advisory board against all losses, costs, expenses, and liabilities suffered or incurred as a result of your breach of this warranty.