Wikipedia's goal is to be a '''[[free-culture movement|free content]]''' encyclopedia, with free content defined as content that does not bear copyright restrictions on the right to redistribute, study, modify and improve, or otherwise use works for '''any purpose''' in '''any medium''', even '''commercially'''. Any content not satisfying these criteria is said to be '''non-free'''. This includes all content (including [[WP:Image use policy|images]]) that is fully [[copyright]]ed, or which is made available subject to restrictions such as "non-commercial use only" or "for use on Wikipedia only". (Many images that are generally available free of charge may thus still be "non-free" for Wikipedia's purposes.) The Foundation uses the definition of "free" as described [http://freedomdefined.org/Definition/1.0 here]. | Wikipedia's goal is to be a '''[[free-culture movement|free content]]''' encyclopedia, with free content defined as content that does not bear copyright restrictions on the right to redistribute, study, modify and improve, or otherwise use works for '''any purpose''' in '''any medium''', even '''commercially'''. Any content not satisfying these criteria is said to be '''non-free'''. This includes all content (including [[WP:Image use policy|images]]) that is fully [[copyright]]ed, or which is made available subject to restrictions such as "non-commercial use only" or "for use on Wikipedia only". (Many images that are generally available free of charge may thus still be "non-free" for Wikipedia's purposes.) The Foundation uses the definition of "free" as described [http://freedomdefined.org/Definition/1.0 here]. |