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The license was designed for software documentation and other institutional reference and materials. It stipulates that any copies of the material, even if modified, must carry the same license. Such copies may be sold, but if produced in quantity, they must be distributed in a format that guarantees future editing. At one point, Wikipedia was the largest project using this license, before they had switched over to CC-BY-SA on July 15, 2009.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GFDL Wikipedia:GFDL page] on Wikipedia. Retrieved February 11, 2025.</ref> | The license was designed for software documentation and other institutional reference and materials. It stipulates that any copies of the material, even if modified, must carry the same license. Such copies may be sold, but if produced in quantity, they must be distributed in a format that guarantees future editing. At one point, Wikipedia was the largest project using this license, before they had switched over to CC-BY-SA on July 15, 2009.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GFDL Wikipedia:GFDL page] on Wikipedia. Retrieved February 11, 2025.</ref> | ||
Many people and groups consider GFDL to be a non-free license, due in part to its use of "invariant" text that cannot be modified or removed and its well-meaning but exaggerated prohibition against [[wikipedia:Digital rights management|digital rights management]] (DRM), also affecting some valid uses. The GNU Free Documentation License was considered to be non-free by Debian until March 16, 2006,<ref>(March 16, 2006). [http://web.archive.org/web/20060407071758/http://www.debian.org/News/2006/20060316 Debian considers GNU FDL conditionally free]. Debian (Wayback Machine). Retrieved February 11, 2025.</ref> but it now makes explicit distinctions about the existence of invariant sections, which prevents the inclusion of such documents in the main section of the project. | Many people and groups consider GFDL to be a non-free license, due in part to its use of "invariant" text that cannot be modified or removed and its well-meaning but exaggerated prohibition against [[wikipedia:Digital rights management|digital rights management]] (DRM), also affecting some valid uses. The GNU Free Documentation License was considered to be non-free by Debian until March 16, 2006,<ref>(March 16, 2006). [http://web.archive.org/web/20060407071758/http://www.debian.org/News/2006/20060316 Debian considers GNU FDL conditionally free]. Debian (Wayback Machine). Retrieved February 11, 2025.</ref> but it now makes explicit distinctions about the existence of invariant sections, which prevents the inclusion of such documents in the main section of the project. | ||
If you would like to reuse text released under the GNU Free Documentation License, '''please read the [[SSB Universes Wiki:Acceptable sources|acceptable sources]] policy first'''. | |||
On a side note, the SSB Universes Wiki likes to nickname the license the '''Gamer's Free Documentation License''' because we enjoy ourselves with it. | On a side note, the SSB Universes Wiki likes to nickname the license the '''Gamer's Free Documentation License''' because we enjoy ourselves with it. | ||