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Foydalanish siyosati

Har bir inson barcha bilimlar yig`indisidan erkin foydalanishi mumkin bo`lgan dunyoni tasavvur qiling. Bunday dunyoni yaratish bizning majburiyatimiz. - Bizning ochiqligimiz bayonoti

Wikimediaga xush kelibsiz! Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. (bundan buyon ,,biz", ,,bizning", ,,Fond", ,,jamg`arma" deyiladi) notijorat xayriya tashkiloti bo`lib, bosh qarorgohi Qo`shma Shtatlarning Kaliforniya shtati San-Fransisko shahrida joylashgan. Uning vazifasi huquq va imkoniyatlarni kengaytirishdan iborat. Butun dunyo bo`ylab odamlarni erkin litsenziya ostida yoki jamoat mulkida kontent to`plash va ishlab chiqish hamda uni samarali va global miqyosda erkin tarqatish uchun jalb qilishni maqsad qilgan.

Jonli hamjamiyatimizni qo`llab-quvvatlash uchun biz ko`p tilli viki-loyihalar va ularning nashrlarini (matnda ,,Loyihalar" deb yuritiladi) rivojlantirish uchun muhim infratuzilma va tashkiliy asoslarni taqdim etamiz. Ushbu missiyaga xizmat qiladigan sa'y-harakatlarni biz Loyihalardagi ta'lim va axborot mazmunini Internetda doimiy ravishda bepul qilish va saqlashga intilamiz.

Sizni hissa qo`shuvchisi sifatida tabriklaymiz va sizni Wikimedia hamjamiyatiga qo'shilishga taklif qilamiz. Ishtirok etishdan oldin sizdan quyidagi Foydalanish shartlarini o`qib chiqishingizni va rozi bo`lishingizni so`raymiz.

Overview

Ushbu Foydalanish shartlari sizga Wikimedia jamg`armasidagi xizmatlarimiz, foydalanuvchi sifatida sizga bo`lgan munosabatimiz, ikkalamizni boshqaradigan huquq va majburiyatlarimiz haqida ma'lumot beradi. Biz aql bovar qilmaydigan miqdordagi ta'lim va ma'lumotga oid kontentni joylashtiramiz, ularning barchasi siz kabi foydalanuvchilar tomonidan qo`shilgandir. Odatda biz kontentga hissa qo`shmaymiz, kuzatmaymiz yoki o`chirib tashlamaymiz. Kamdan-kam hollarda, masalan, ushbu Foydalanish shartlari kabi siyosatlarga muvofiq, qonuniy muvofiqlik uchun yoki jiddiy zarar yetkazish tahdidiga duch kelganda istisno qilishimiz mumkin. Bu shuni anglatadiki, tahririyat nazorati siz va kontentni yaratadigan va boshqaradigan boshqa foydalanuvchilarning qo`lida.

Hamjamiyat -- doimiy ravishda loyihalarni va/yoki ularning veb-saytlarini yaratuvchi, ulardan foydalanadigan foydalanuvchilar tarmog`i (bu yerda ,,Loyiha veb-saytlari" deb ataladi) missiya maqsadlariga erishishning asosiy vositasidir. Hamjamiyat bizning loyihalarimiz va loyiha veb-saytlarimizni boshqarishga hissa qo`shadi va yordam beradi. Hamjamiyat, shuningdek, loyihaning muayyan loyihalari (masalan, Wikimedia Commons) uchun siyosat yaratish va amalga oshirishning muhim vazifasini o`z zimmasiga oladi.

Siz, foydalanuvchi, hissa qo`shuvchi, muharrir yoki muallif sifatida qo`shilishingizdan mamnunmiz. Siz loyihaning Umumjahon xulq-atvor kodeksiga (UCoC), ya'ni loyihaning barcha nashrlariga tegishli siyosatlariga amal qilishingiz kerak. Loyihalarimiz orasida eng kattasi Vikipediya, lekin biz boshqa loyihalarni ham qo`llaymiz, ularning har biri turli maqsadlarga va ish uslublariga amal qiladi. Kontent yaratish va boshqarish uchun birgalikda ishlaydigan ishtirokchilar, muharrirlar yoki mualliflar jamoasi mavjud. Siz ushbu jamoalarga qo`shilishingiz va ular bilan ushbu loyihalarni yaxshilash uchun ishlashingiz mumkin. Biz kontentni jamoatchilikka erkin foydalanishga bag`ishlaganimiz sababli, siz qo`shgan kontent erkin litsenziya ostida taqdim etiladi yoki jamoat mulki sifatida chiqariladi.

Amerika Qo`shma Shtatlari qonunlari va boshqa amaldagi qonunlar (shu jumladan siz yashaydigan hududdagi qonunlar ham) doirasida Wikimedia kontentiga qo`shgan barcha hissalaringiz va tahrirlaringiz uchun qonuniy javobgar ekanligingizni unutmang. Bu kontentni joylashtirish, o`zgartirish yoki qayta ishlatishda ehtiyot bo`lish muhimligini anglatadi. Ushbu mas'uliyatni hisobga olgan holda, bizda siz nima qila olmasligingiz haqida ba'zi qoidalar mavjud. Ularning aksariyati o`zingizni himoya qilish yoki o`zingiz kabi boshqa foydalanuvchilarni himoya qilish uchundir. Yodda tutingki, biz joylashtirgan kontent faqat umumiy ma'lumot olish uchun mo`ljallangan, shuning uchun sizga ma'lum bir savol (masalan, tibbiy, yuridik yoki moliyaviy masalalar) bo`yicha mutaxassis maslahati kerak bo`lsa, tegishli mutaxassisdan yordam so`rashingiz kerak. Biz boshqa muhim bildirishnomalar va rad etishlarni ham o`z ichiga olamiz, shuning uchun ushbu Foydalanish shartlarini to`liq o`qib chiqing.

Mahalliy Vikimedia bo`limlari va birlashmalar kabi bir xil missiyada ishtirok etishi mumkin bo`lgan boshqa tashkilotlar qonuniy jihatdan mustaqil va Vikimedia jamg`armasidan alohidadir. Agar jamg`arma tomonidan ma'lum bir loyiha veb-saytida vakolatli shaxs sifatida boshqacha tartib belgilanmagan bo`lsa, ushbu boshqa tashkilotlar loyiha veb-sayti yoki uning mazmuni faoliyati uchun javobgar emas.

1. Xizmatlarimiz

Vikimedia jamg`armasi bepul ko`p tilli kontentning o`sishi, rivojlanishi va tarqalishini rag`batlantirish va ushbu loyihalarning to`liq mazmunini jamoatchilik uchun erkin joylashtirishga bag`ishlangan. Bizning vazifamiz dunyodagi eng yirik, hamkorlikda tahrirlangan loyihalarini qo`llashdir. Biroq, biz infratuzilma va tashkiliy asosni saqlab, faqat hosting xizmati provayderi sifatida ishlaymiz. Ushbu infratuzilma va tizim foydalanuvchilarga o`zlari hissa qo`shish va tarkibni tahrirlash orqali loyihalarni yaratishga imkon beradi. Biz qo`llab-quvvatlaydigan infratuzilma foydalanuvchilarga loyihalar (,,Ilova dasturlash interfeysi" yoki ,,API" deb ataladi) va mobil ilovalardagi kontent bilan dasturiy tarzda o`zaro aloqada bo`lish, foydalanish imkonini beruvchi maxsus texnologik infratuzilmani o`z ichiga oladi.

Bizning xizmatlarimiz quyidagilardan iborat: Biz joylashtirgan loyiha veb-saytlari, biz qo`llab-quvvatlaydigan texnologik infratuzilma, loyihalarimizni saqlash va takomillashtirish uchun joylashtirgan har qanday texnik joylar.

Siz loyihalar va boshqa foydalanuvchilar bilan bo`lgan munosabatlarimizni ko`rib chiqishda bir nechta narsaga e'tibor berishingiz kerak:

  1. Biz foydalanuvchi vazifasini o`z zimmamizga olmaymiz: loyihalar hamkorlikda tahrirlanganligi sababli, biz joylashtirgan kontentning katta qismi foydalanuvchilar tomonidan taqdim etiladi va biz tahrirchi rolini o`z zimmamizga olmaymiz. Bu shuni anglatadiki, biz odatda loyiha veb-saytlari tarkibini kuzatmaymiz, tahrirlamaymiz va biz ushbu kontent uchun hech qanday javobgarlikni o`z zimmamizga olmaymiz. Biz xizmatlarimiz orqali bildirilgan har qanday fikrni ma'qullamaymiz va loyihalar bo`yicha taqdim etilgan har qanday material haqqoniyligi, to`g`riligi yoki ishonchliligini ifodalamaymiz yoki kafolatlamaymiz.
  2. Siz o`zingizning harakatlaringiz uchun javobgarsiz: loyihalardagi o`zgartirishlaringiz va qo`shgan hissalaringiz, loyihalardagi kontentdan qayta foydalanish, APIlardan foydalanish va umuman xizmatlarimizdan foydalanishingiz uchun qonunan javobgarsiz. O`zingizni himoya qilish uchun siz ehtiyot bo`lishingiz va amaldagi qonunlarga muvofiq jinoiy yoki fuqarolik javobgarligiga sabab bo`ladigan har qanday harakatlardan qochishingiz kerak. Aniqlik uchun, amaldagi qonunlar kamida Amerika Qo`shma Shtatlari qonunlarini o`z ichiga oladi. Boshqa mamlakatlar uchun bu holat alohida belgilanadi. Biz bunday harakatlarga rozi bo`lmasak-da, foydalanuvchilarni, xususan, foydalanuvchilar va mualliflarni ogohlantiramiz: rasmiylar sizga nisbatan mahalliy qonunlar asosida jazo qo`llashga harakat qilishi mumkin. Biz odatda bunday qonunlarning qo`llanilishiga qarshi hech qanday himoya, kafolat, immunitetni taklif qila olmaymiz.

2. Maxfiylik siyosati

Ma'lumotlaringizni qanday to`plashimiz va ishlatishimizdan xabardor bo`lishingiz uchun sizdan maxfiylik siyosatimiz shartlarini ko`rib chiqishingizni so`raymiz.

3. Biz mezbonlik qiladigan kontent

  1. Siz ba'zi materiallarni nomaqbul yoki noto`g`ri deb bilishingiz mumkin: Biz boshqa foydalanuvchilar tomonidan ishlab chiqilgan yoki to`plangan juda ko`p kontentni joylashtirganimiz uchun siz haqoratomuz, xato, chalg`ituvchi yoki boshqa nomaqbul deb topilgan materiallarga duch kelishingiz mumkin. Shuning uchun xizmatlarimizdan foydalanishda sog`lom fikr va to`g`ri mulohaza yuritishingizni so`raymiz.
  2. Loyihalar mazmuni faqat umumiy ma'lumot uchun mo`ljallangan: loyihalarimiz professional mavzularga, jumladan, tibbiy, yuridik yoki moliyaviy masalalarga taalluqli ko`plab ma'lumotlarni o`z ichiga olsa-da, bu kontent faqat umumiy ma'lumot olish uchun taqdim etiladi. Buni professional maslahat sifatida qabul qilmaslik kerak. Iltimos, loyiha veb-saytlaridan birida mavjud bo`lgan har qanday ma'lumot, fikr yoki maslahat bo`yicha harakat qilmang. Tegishli sohada tajribaga ega yoki malakali shaxsdan mustaqil professional maslahat so`rang.

4. Ba'zi ishlardan voz kechish

Vikimedia jamg`armasi loyihalari faqat siz kabi kontentni yozish, tahrirlash va saralashda hamkorlik qiladigan faol foydalanuvchilar jamoasi tufayli mavjud. Sizning ushbu hamjamiyatdagi ishtirokingizdan mamnunmiz. Biz sizni jamiyatdagi boshqalar bilan muloqotda xushmuomala bo`lishingizni, vijdonan harakat qilishingizni hamda loyihaning umumiy missiyasini amalga oshirishga qaratilgan tahrir va hissa qo`shishingizni tavsiya qilamiz. Biz barcha foydalanuvchilardan Umumjahon xulq-atvor kodeksini (,,UCoC") ko`rib chiqishlarini va ularga rioya qilishlarini so`raymiz. Unda biz mezbonlik qiladigan barcha loyihalar bo`yicha hamkorlik talablari belgilangan.

Amaldagi qonunga ko`ra qonuniy yoki noqonuniy bo`lishidan qat'i nazar, ba'zi faoliyatlar boshqa foydalanuvchilarga ziyon yetkazishi va bizning qoidalarimizni buzishi mumkin. Bundan tashqari, ayrim harakatlar sizni javobgarlikka tortishga sabab bo`lishi mumkin. Shuning uchun, o`zingiz va boshqa foydalanuvchilarni himoya qilish maqsadida, siz bizning Loyihalarimizda bunday faoliyatlar bilan shug`ullanmasligingiz yoki ulardan boshqa maqsadlarda foydalanmasligingiz lozim. Bu taqiqlangan faoliyatlarga quyidagilar kiradi:

Boshqalarni haqorat qilish va ta'qib qilish

  • Kodeksda tavsiflangan tahdidlar, ta'qiblar, spamlar, vandalizm bilan shug`ullanish;
  • Boshqa foydalanuvchilarga xatlar zanjiri yoki spam yuborish;
  • Boshqalarga jiddiy zarar yetkazish maqsadida kontentni joylashtirish yoki o`zgartirish, masalan, o`ziga qasddan zarar yetkazishga undash yoki ataylab janjal qo`zg`atish.

Boshqalarning shaxsiyatiga tegish

  • Qonunlar bo`yicha boshqalarning shaxsiy daxlsizlik huquqlarini buzish;
  • Majburlash, shaxsiy daxlsizlikni buzish yoki Vikimedia jamg`armasi tomonidan tasdiqlanmagan har qanday reklama yoki tijorat maqsadlarida shaxsni identifikatsiya qiluvchi ma'lumotlarni so`rash;
  • Noqonuniy maqsadda yoki voyaga yetmaganlarning sog`ligi yoki farovonligi bilan bog`liq har qanday amaldagi qonunchilikni buzish.
Yolg`on bayonotlar yoki firibgarlik bilan shug`ullanish
  • Tuhmat qilish, tuhmatni tashkil etuvchi kontentni qasddan yoki bila turib joylashtirish;
  • Boshqalarni aldash yoki chalg`itish maqsadida kontent joylashtirish yoki o`zgartirish;
  • O`zini boshqa foydalanuvchi yoki shaxs sifatida ko`rsatishga urinish, har qanday jismoniy yoki yuridik shaxsga aloqadorlikni noto`g`ri ko`rsatish, ushbu shartlar yoki loyihaning mahalliy siyosati tomonidan oshkor etilishi talab qilinganda biron bir jismoniy yoki yuridik shaxsga aloqadorlikni yashirish, boshqa shaxsning ismi yoki foydalanuvchi nomidan yomon niyatda foydalanish;
  • Firibgarlik va aldov bilan shug`ullanish.

Intellektual mulk huquqlarining buzilish holatini sodir etish Amaldagi qonunchilikka muvofiq mualliflik huquqlari, savdo belgilari, patentlar yoki boshqa mulkiy huquqlarni buzish. Xizmatlarimizdan boshqa noqonuniy maqsadlarda foydalanish Bolalar pornografiyasi yoki kattalar pornografiyasiga oid amaldagi qonunchilikni buzadigan har qanday boshqa kontentni joylashtirish. Bolalarni jinsiy zo`ravonlikka oid materiallar yoki boshqalarni bunday materialni yaratish yoki baham ko'rishga undash yoki da'vat qilish;

Amaldagi qonunchilikka muvofiq noqonuniy hisoblangan behayo materiallarni joylashtirish va/yoki sotish;

Xizmatlardan amaldagi qonunchilikka zid tarzda foydalanish. Obyektlardan noqonuniy foydalanishda va buzg`unchilikda ishtirok etish

  • Bizning texnik infratuzilmamizga yoki tizimimizga yoxud boshqa foydalanuvchilarning tizimlariga zarar yetkazishi mumkin bo`lgan viruslar, zararli dasturlar, chuvalchanglar, troyan otlari, zararli kodlar yoki boshqa vositalarni o`z ichiga olgan kontentni joylashtirish yoki tarqatish;
  • Loyiha veb-saytlaridan xizmatlarni suiiste'mol qiladigan yoki buzadigan, mavjud bo`lgan joylarda maqbul foydalanish qoidalarini buzadigan yoki Vikimedia hamjamiyati tomonidan tasdiqlanmagan holda avtomatlashtirilgan tarzda foydalanish;
  • API, Loyiha veb-sayti yoki muayyan Loyiha veb-saytiga ulangan tarmoqlar yoki serverlarga haddan tashqari yuk yuklash orqali xizmatlarning ishlashiga xalaqit berish;
  • Loyiha veb-saytlaridan birini jiddiy maqsadda foydalanish niyati yo`qligini ko`rsatadigan xabarlar yoki boshqa trafik bilan to`ldirib, xizmatlarni izdan chiqarish;
  • Kompyuter tizimlarimizning maxfiy qismlariga ruxsatsiz kirib, ularni o`zgartirish yoki ulardan foydalanish; va
  • Quyidagi barcha shartlar bajarilmagan holda texnik tizim yoki tarmoqlarimizning zaif tomonlarini tekshirish, skanerlash yoki sinab ko`rish:
  • Texnik tizimlar yoki tarmoqlarni buzish;
  • bunday harakatlar shaxsiy foyda uchun emas (ishingiz uchun oladigan e'tirofdan tashqari);
  • har qanday zaifliklarni tegishli dasturchilar (ishlab chiquvchilar)ga xabar qilasiz (yoki o'zingiz bartaraf etasiz); va
  • siz bunday harakatlarni yomon niyat bilan qilmaysiz.

Oshkor qilinmagan pul to`langan hissalar

  • Siz oladigan yoki olishni kutayotgan har qanday hissaga mansublikni oshkor qilishingiz kerak.
  • foydalanuvchi sahifasidagi bayonot
  • har qanday to`langan badallarga ilova qilingan munozara sahifasidagi bayonot
  • tahrirlash xulosasida to`langan badallarga ilova qilingan bayonot.
  • Bundan tashqari, agar siz Loyihalardan tashqarida Vikipediyada tahrirlash xizmatlarini har qanday turdagi mukofot evaziga reklama qiluvchi ommaviy e'lon joylashtirmoqchi bo'lsangiz, bu xizmat uchun foydalangan yoki foydalanishni rejalashtirayotgan barcha Vikipediya hisoblaringizni o'sha uchinchi tomon xizmatidagi ommaviy e'londa ochiq ko'rsatishingiz shart.
  • Amaldagi qonunchilik yoki loyihaga oid siyosatlar hamda jamg`arma siyosatlari va ko`rsatmalari, masalan, manfaatlar to`qnashuvini hal qilish, to`langan badallarni yanada cheklashi yoki batafsilroq oshkor qilishni talab qilishi mumkin. Masalan, pulli tahrirlash xizmatlarini reklama qilish uchun Vikimedia savdo belgilarini buzish (6-bo`limda belgilangan), avval yetarli darajada oshkor qilingan pulli tahrirlardagi ma'lumotlarni olib tashlash yoki tegishli ma'lumotlarni oshkor qilishni amalda imkonsiz qiladigan tarzda hisobdan chiqarilgan pulli tahrirlash ushbu bo`lim talabini buzadi.
  • Vikimedia loyihasi jamoasi ushbu bo`limni to`ldiruvchi yoki o`rnini bosuvchi pullik hissalarni oshkor qilishning muqobil siyosatini qabul qilishi mumkin. Agar biror loyiha muqobil oshkor qilish siyosatini qabul qilsa, siz o`sha loyihaga hissa qo`shayotganingizda ushbu bo`limdagi (,,Oshkor qilinmagan pullik hissalar" deb nomlangan) talablar o`rniga o`sha siyosatga amal qilishingiz mumkin.
Batafsil axborot uchun to`langan badallarni oshkor qilish bo`yicha bizning FAQ bilan tanishing.

Kompensatsiya oladigan foydalanuvchilar tomonidan oshkor qilinmagan tahrirlar hamjamiyat siyosatlarini tekshiruvchi va tatbiq etuvchi ko`ngilli muharrirlarga asossiz yuklama yaratadi. Shu sababli, ushbu bo`limning oshkor etilmagan pulli tahrirlash bilan bog`liq qoidabuzarliklari uchun siz ushbu Foydalanish shartlarining 14-bo`limida tavsiflanganidek, majburiy ,,Med-Arb" (,,Marketing kompaniyasi vositachiligi") ga murojaat qilishga rozilik berasiz.

Biz ushbu Foydalanish shartlarining 4-bo`limidagi qoidalarga nisbatan o`z ixtiyorimizdan foydalanish huquqini saqlab qolamiz. Zarur bo`lganda, ushbu shartlarning bajarilishi Wikimedia Foundation Office Action Policy ro`yxatida ko'rsatilmagan harakatlarni o`z ichiga olishi mumkin. Agar yangi sharoitlarda ijro etish talab etilsa, biz ko`pi bilan bir (1) yil ichida yangi turdagi harakatlarni kataloglash uchun Office harakatlar siyosatini yangilashga harakat qilamiz.

5. Parol xavfsizligi

Siz o`zingizning parolingiz va boshqa xavfsizlik hisob ma'lumotlarini himoya qilish uchun javobgarsiz va ularni hech qachon uchinchi shaxslarga oshkor qilmasligingiz kerak.

6. Savdo belgilari

Loyiha veb-saytlaridagi kontentdan qayta foydalanish bo`yicha katta erkinliklarga ega bo`lsangiz ham, foydalanuvchilarimizni firibgar taqlidchilardan himoya qilishimiz uchun Vikimedia jamg`armasida biz o`z savdo belgisi huquqlarimizni himoya qilishimiz muhim. Shu sababli sizdan savdo belgilarimizni hurmat qilishingizni so'raymiz. Vikimedia fondining barcha savdo belgilari Wikimedia fondiga tegishli bo`lib, bizning savdo nomlarimiz, savdo belgilarimiz, xizmat ko`rsatish belgilarimiz, logotiplarimiz yoki domen nomlarimizdan har qanday foydalanish ushbu Foydalanish shartlariga va Savdo belgisi siyosatiga muvofiq bo`lishi kerak.

7. Kontentni litsenziyalash

Erkin bilim va erkin madaniyatning umumiy tomonlarini rivojlantirish uchun loyihalar yoki loyiha veb-saytlariga hissa qo`shayotgan barcha foydalanuvchilar keng jamoatchilikka o`z hissalarini erkin tarqatish va qayta ishlatishlari uchun ruxsat olishlari kerak. Agar bunday foydalanish to`g`ri taqsimlangan va bir xil erkinlik berilgan bo'lsa, undan qayta foydalanish uchun ruxsat etiladi. Imkoni boricha kengroq auditoriyani erkin ma'lumot bilan ta'minlash maqsadimizga muvofiq. Biz, kerak bo`lganda, taqdim etilgan barcha kontentdan litsenziyaga ega bo`lishini talab qilamiz.

Siz quyidagi litsenziyalash talablariga rozilik bildirasiz:

  1. Mualliflik huquqi bilan himoyalangan matn: Mualliflik huquqi bilan himoyalangan matnni chop qilganingizda, siz uni quyidagilarga asosan litsenziyalashga rozilik bildirasiz: Ikki va undan ortiq hisobi bor foydalanuvchilar ham qoidalarga amal qilishlari kerak.
    Loyiha nashri yoki funksiyasi boshqa litsenziyani talab qilsa, yagona istisno mavjud. Bunday holda, siz Loyiha nashri yoki funksiyasida belgilangan muayyan litsenziya asosida o'zingiz kiritgan har qanday matnni litsenziyalashga rozilik bildirasiz. Shuni yodda tutingki, ushbu litsenziyalar hissalaringizdan tijoriy maqsadlarda foydalanishga ruxsat beradi, faqat bunday foydalanish tegishli litsenziyalar shartlariga muvofiq bo`lsa. Sui Generis ma'lumotlar bazasi huquqlari CC BY-SA 4.0 tomonidan himoyalangan bo`lsa, siz bu huquqlardan voz kechasiz. Misol tariqasida, bu siz loyihalarga hissa qo`shgan faktlar hech qanday atributsiz qayta ishlatilishi mumkinligini anglatadi.
  2. Atributsiya: Atributsiya ushbu litsenziyalarning muhim qismi hisoblanadi. Biz buni munosib tarzda e'tirof etish, ya'ni siz kabi mualliflarga tegishli hurmatni ko`rsatish deb hisoblaymiz. Siz matn kiritganingizda, quyidagi usullardan biri orqali sizga atributsiya berilishiga rozilik bildirasiz:
    1. Siz hissa qo`shgan maqolaga giperhavola (imkon bo`lsa) yoki URL orqali (chunki har bir maqolaning barcha hissa qo`shuvchilar, mualliflar va muharrirlar ro`yxati keltirilgan tarix sahifasi mavjud);
    2. Siz hissa qo`shgan maqolaga giperhavola (imkon bo`lsa) yoki URL orqali (chunki har bir maqolaning barcha hissa qo`shuvchilar, mualliflar va muharrirlar ro`yxati keltirilgan tarix sahifasi mavjud);
    3. Barcha mualliflar ro`yxati orqali (lekin e'tibor bering, har qanday mualliflar ro`yxati juda kichik yoki ahamiyatsiz hissalarni istisno qilish uchun filtrlanishi mumkin).
  3. Matnni olib o`tish: Siz boshqa joyda topgan yoki boshqalar bilan hammualliflikda yaratgan matnni olib o`tishingiz mumkin, lekin bunday holatda siz matn CC BY-SA (yoki yuqorida tushuntirilganidek, loyiha nashri yoki funksiyasi tomonidan istisno tariqasida talab qilingan boshqa litsenziya) bilan mos keladigan shartlar asosida mavjudligini tasdiqlaysiz va kafolatlaysiz. Mos litsenziyalar ro`yxati uchun Creative Commonsga qarang. Faqat GFDL shaklida mavjud bo`lgan kontentni import qilmaysiz.
    Agar mualliflik huquqi talab qilinadigan CC litsenziyasi asosida matn yozsangiz, muallif(lar)ni asosli ravishda tasdiqlashingiz kerakligiga rozilik bildirasiz. Bunday qaydlarni odatda sahifalar tarixida qayd etilgan tahrirlash xulosasida atributni berish kifoya. Atribut talablari ba'zan ma'lum holatlar uchun (litsenziyadan qat'iy nazar) juda murakkab bo`lib, ba'zan Vikimedia hamjamiyati import qilingan matndan shu sababga ko`ra foydalanish mumkin emas degan qarorga kelishi mumkin.
  4. Matnsiz media: Loyihalardagi matnsiz media cheklanmagan qayta foydalanish va qayta tarqatishga ruxsat berish umumiy maqsadini qo`llab-quvvatlaydigan turli xil litsenziyalar ostida mavjud. Matnsiz mediaga hissa qo`shganingizda, siz bizning Litsenziyalash siyosatimizda tavsiflangan litsenziya talablariga rioya qilishga, shuningdek, siz hissa qo`shayotgan muayyan loyiha talablariga rioya qilishga rozilik bildirasiz. Shuningdek, Vikiomborga matnli bo`lmagan ommaviy axborot vositalarini kiritish haqida batafsil ma'lumot olish uchun Vikiombor litsenziyalash siyosatiga qarang.
  5. Ruxsatni bekor qilmaslik: Sizning litsenziyangizga mos kelgan holatlar bundan mustasno, siz xizmatlarimizdan foydalanishni to`xtatsangiz ham, ushbu Foydalanish shartlariga muvofiq Loyihalar yoki xususiyatlarga qo`shgan matnli tarkib yoki matndan tashqari media uchun bergan har qanday ruxsatingizni bir tomonlama bekor qilmaslik yoki haqiqiy emas deb topishni so`ramaslikka rozilik bildirasiz.
  6. Ommaviy mulk hisoblanadigan kontent: Ommaviy mulk hisoblangan kontent mamnuniyat bilan qabul qilinadi. Biroq, siz mamlakatlar qonunlariga ko`ra kontentning ommaviy mulk maqomini tasdiqlashingiz muhimdir. Ommaviy mulk hisoblangan kontentni qo`shganingizda, material haqiqatan ham ommaviy mulk ekanligiga kafolat berasiz va uni tegishli tarzda belgilashga rozilik bildirasiz.
  7. Qayta foydalanish: Biz joylashtirgan kontentdan qayta foydalanish mamnuniyat bilan qabul qilinadi, ammo ,,adolatli foydalanish" yoki amaldagi mualliflik huquqi qonunlariga ko`ra shunga o`xshash istisnolar mavjud. Har qanday qayta foydalanish asosiy litsenziya(lar)ga muvofiq bo`lishi shart.
    Vikimedia hamjamiyati tomonidan yaratilgan matn sahifasidan qayta foydalanganingizda yoki uni qayta tarqatganingizda, mualliflarni quyidagi usullardan biri orqali ko`rsatishga rozilik bildirasiz:
    1. Siz qayta foydalanayotgan sahifa yoki sahifalarga giperhavola (imkon bo`lsa) yoki URL orqali (chunki har bir sahifada barcha hissa qo`shuvchilar, mualliflar va muharrirlar ro`yxati keltirilgan tarix sahifasi mavjud);
    2. Litsenziyaga mos keladigan, mualliflarga Loyiha veb-saytidagi kabi teng darajada e'tibor beradigan, muqobil, barqaror va erkin foydalanish mumkin bo`lgan onlayn nusxaga giperhavola (imkon bo`lsa) yoki URL orqali; yoki
    3. Barcha mualliflar ro`yxati orqali (lekin e'tibor bering, har qanday mualliflar ro`yxati juda kichik yoki ahamiyatsiz hissalarni istisno qilish uchun filtrlanishi mumkin).

    Agar matn boshqa manbadan import qilingan bo`lsa, bu kontent GFDL emas, balki mos CC BY-SA litsenziyasi asosida litsenziyalangan bo`lishi mumkin (yuqoridagi ,,Matnni import qilish" bo`limida tavsiflanganidek). Bunday holda, siz mos CC BY-SA litsenziyasiga rozilik bildirasiz va uni GFDL asosida qayta litsenziyalash imkoniyatiga ega emassiz. Qayta ishlatmoqchi yoki qayta tarqatmoqchi bo`lgan kontentga tegishli litsenziyani aniqlash uchun sahifa taglavhasi, sahifa tarixi va muhokama sahifasini ko`rib chiqishingiz kerak.

    Bundan tashqari, tashqi manbalardan olingan va Loyihaga import qilingan matn qo`shimcha atribut talablarini o`z ichiga olgan litsenziya ostida bo`lishi mumkinligini yodda tuting. Foydalanuvchilar ushbu qo`shimcha atribut talablarini aniq ko`rsatishga rozilik bildiradi. Loyihaga qarab, bunday talablar, masalan, banner yoki kontentning bir qismi yoki barchasi dastlab boshqa joyda nashr etilganligini ko`rsatadigan boshqa yozuvlarda paydo bo`lishi mumkin. Bunday ko`rinadigan belgilar mavjud bo`lganda, takroriy foydalanuvchilar ularni saqlab qo`yishlari kerak.

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Global Copyright Compliance

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Please note that due to the harmonization of international copyright law, in many cases it will be possible to submit a notice of copyright violation under either your local law or US law. To be valid under US law, a copyright notice must follow the requirements of the DMCA, listed below.

We will terminate, in appropriate circumstances, users and account holders of our system and network who are repeat infringers on our Projects and services.

DMCA Compliance

The Wikimedia Foundation wants to ensure that the content that we host can be reused by other users without fear of liability and that it is not infringing the proprietary rights of others. In fairness to our users, as well as to other creators and copyright holders, our policy is to respond to notices of alleged infringement that comply with the formalities of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"). Pursuant to the DMCA, we will terminate, in appropriate circumstances, users and account holders of our system and network who are repeat infringers on our Projects and services.

However, we also recognize that not every takedown notice is valid or in good faith. In such cases, we strongly encourage users to file counter-notifications when they appropriately believe a DMCA takedown demand is invalid or improper. For more information on what to do if you think a DMCA notice has been improperly filed, you may wish to consult the Lumen Database website.

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You are solely responsible for your use of any third-party websites or resources. Although the Projects and Project Websites contain links to third-party websites and resources, we do not endorse and are not responsible or liable for their availability, accuracy, or the related content, products, or services (including, without limitation, any viruses or other disabling features), nor do we have any obligation to monitor such third-party content.

10. Management of Websites

The community has the primary role in creating and enforcing policies applying to the different Project editions. At the Wikimedia Foundation, we rarely intervene in community decisions about policy and its enforcement.

It is possible to notify us of illegal content, or content that violates our Terms of Use (including all policies and other documents incorporated by reference) for other reasons by contacting us directly. However, you can typically make a request directly to the Project's community: this may be more efficient, and is more consistent with our Projects' aim to empower the user community. Please note that this contact method functions as the Foundation's grievance redressal mechanism for all jurisdictions that require one. Grievances submitted through this contact will be reviewed, in accordance with applicable legal requirements.


Each Project will usually provide "Help" or "Contact" pages for further guidance, or specific tools for reporting issues. Alternatively - if in doubt - you can ask members of the community for help, by sending an email to infowikimediaorg or a more language-specific address from the Volunteer Response Team page. Please note that these mailboxes are monitored by users of the Projects, not the Foundation. As a result, they should not be threatened or issued with legal demands.

If you contact the Foundation with a problem, we will typically explore whether and how existing community-led mechanisms can investigate and, where appropriate, resolve it.

In an unusual case, the need may arise, or the community may ask us, to address an especially problematic user or especially problematic content because of significant Project disturbance or dangerous behavior. In such cases, we reserve the right, at our sole discretion (or where legally compelled), to:

  • Investigate your use of the Projects or our services (a) to determine whether a violation of these Terms of Use, Project edition policy, or other applicable law or policy has occurred, or (b) to comply with any applicable law, legal process, or an appropriate governmental request;
  • Detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, false or unverifiable information, security, or technical issues or respond to user support requests;
  • Refuse, revert, disable, or restrict access to contributions of any user who violates these Terms of Use;
  • Ban a user from editing or contributing or block a user's account or access for actions violating these Terms of Use, including repeat posting of unlawful material under applicable law in line with human rights principles;
  • Take legal action against users who violate these Terms of Use (including reports to law enforcement authorities); and
  • Manage otherwise the Project websites in a manner designed to facilitate their proper functioning and protect the rights, property, and safety of ourselves and our users, licensors, partners, and the public.

Those Foundation moderation activities may be informed or performed by software (such as traffic flood ("Denial of Service") protection). In those cases human review is normally available, upon request.

In the interests of our users and the Projects, in the extreme circumstance that any individual has had their account or access blocked under this section, they are prohibited from creating or using another account on or seeking access to the same Project, unless we provide explicit permission. Without limiting the authority of the community, the Foundation itself will not ban a user from editing or contributing or block a user's account or access solely because of good faith criticism that does not result in actions otherwise violating these Terms of Use or community policies.

The Wikimedia community and its members may also take action when so allowed by the community or Foundation policies applicable to the specific Project edition, including but not limited to warning, investigating, blocking, or banning users who violate those policies. You agree to comply with the final decisions of dispute resolution bodies that are established by the community for the specific Project editions (such as arbitration committees); these decisions may include sanctions as set out by the policy of the specific Project edition.

Especially problematic users who have had accounts or access blocked on multiple Project editions may be subject to a ban from all of the Project editions, in accordance with the Global Ban Policy. In contrast to Board resolutions or these Terms of Use, policies established by the community, which may cover a single Project edition or multiple Projects editions (like the Global Ban Policy), may be modified by the relevant community according to its own procedures.

The blocking of an account or access or the banning of a user under this provision shall be in accordance with Section 13 of these Terms of Use.

If you believe we have not satisfactorily acted on a problematic content report, or if you have been subjected to a Foundation moderation action that you wish to challenge, you may be able to submit an appeal. Other information about routes of appeal may also be explained to you at the time, or in Project-specific help pages.

We reserve the right to suspend (temporarily, or permanently) our handling of reports or other correspondence from users or third parties, whether about allegedly illegal or otherwise problematic content or conduct, or requesting appeals against moderation actions, if such correspondence was made in bad faith, repetitive, unfounded, and/or abusive. In appropriate circumstances, your email address may even be blocked on our email system(s), and you will then need to contact us at our postal address if you wish to further correspond with us during that block. For less serious cases (e.g. up to three polite emails about one or more meritless complaints), this is likely to be temporary. More frequent or more abusive communications are more likely to lead to permanent measures. Additional information for persons in the EU can be found on our page about EU compliance and reporting.

11. Resolutions and Project Policies

The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees releases official policies from time to time. Some of these policies may be mandatory for a particular Project or Project edition, and, when they are, you agree to abide by them as applicable.

12. API Terms

We make available a set of APIs, which include documentation and associated tools, to enable users to build products that promote free knowledge. By using our APIs, you agree to abide by all applicable policies governing the use of the APIs, which include but are not limited to the User-Agent Policy, the Robot Policy, and the API:Etiquette (collectively, "API Documentation"), which are incorporated into these Terms of Use by reference.

13. Termination

Though we hope you will stay and continue to contribute to the Projects, you can stop using our services any time. In certain (hopefully unlikely) circumstances it may be necessary for either ourselves or the Wikimedia community or its members (as described in Section 10) to terminate part or all of our services, terminate these Terms of Use, block your account or access, or ban you as a user. If your account or access is blocked or otherwise terminated for any reason, your public contributions and a record of your activities on or in relation to the Projects (including any correspondence you have sent us) will be unaffected (subject to applicable policies), and you may still access our public pages for the sole purpose of reading publicly available content on the Projects. In such circumstances, however, you may not be able to access your account or settings. However, regardless of any other provision in these Terms of Use, we reserve the right to suspend or end the services at any time, with or without cause, and with or without notice. Even after your use and participation are banned, blocked or otherwise suspended, these Terms of Use will remain in effect with respect to relevant provisions, including Sections 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9-16, and 18.

14. Disputes and Jurisdiction

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We hope that no serious disagreements arise involving you, but, in the event there is a dispute, we encourage you to seek resolution through the dispute resolution procedures or mechanisms provided by the Projects or Project editions and the Wikimedia Foundation. If you seek to file a legal claim against us, you agree to file and resolve it exclusively in a state or federal court located in San Francisco County, California. You also agree that the laws of the State of California and, to the extent applicable, the laws of the United States of America will govern these Terms of Use, as well as any legal claim that might arise between you and us (without reference to conflict of laws principles). You agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of, and agree that venue is proper in, the courts located in San Francisco County, California, in any legal action or proceeding relating to us or these Terms of Use.

To ensure that disputes are dealt with soon after they arise, you agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action you might have arising out of or related to use of our services or these Terms of Use must be filed within the applicable statute of limitations or, if earlier, one (1) year after the pertinent facts underlying such claim or cause of action could have been discovered with reasonable diligence (or be forever barred). If "choice of forum" clauses like the one above are not accepted by the courts where you normally reside, then (i) our choice of forum clause, above, shall be ignored, and (ii) you can refer any dispute to the courts of the jurisdiction where you normally live, following the applicable law rules of those courts. Similarly, if applicable law does not allow the enforcement of the choice of law in this section, then you can resolve a dispute according to the choice of law rules in the court of competent jurisdiction.

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As described in section 4 of these Terms of Use, you agree to resolve violations of the Paid Contributions without Disclosure in a Marketing Company Mediation at the Foundation's discretion. Marketing Company Mediations are binding mediations where, at the end of either a half or full day session, any disputed items that remain unresolved will be decided by the mediator in a legally binding decision. They will be conducted in meetings by teleconference or videoconference. If an in-person meeting is required, then the Marketing Company Mediation will take place in San Francisco County, California. The parties will split all fees and expenses related to the mediation/arbitration equally.

You agree, as part of a Marketing Company Mediation, to cooperate with the Foundation, including by timely providing any documentation in your possession relating to your undisclosed paid editing activities including the accounts used, articles affected, and clients who purchased such services.

Marketing Company Mediations are subject to and governed by the Federal Arbitration Act to the extent that the mediator becomes an arbitrator. The prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its attorneys' fees (including all fees necessary to determine the applicability of the Marketing Company Mediation and to enforce the binding result) and all costs relating to the investigation and enforcement of its rights. A party may be deemed "prevailing" even if it is not successful on every claim asserted.

If for some reason the entirety of these Marketing Company Mediation requirements are found to be unenforceable, you agree to resolve any disputes as described in the beginning of this section.

15. Disclaimers

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At the Wikimedia Foundation, we do our best to provide educational and informational content to a very wide audience, but your use of our services is at your sole risk. We provide these services on an "as is" and "as available" basis, and we expressly disclaim all express or implied warranties of all kinds, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We make no warranty that our services will meet your requirements, be safe, secure, uninterrupted, timely, accurate, or error-free, or that your information will be secure.

We are not responsible for the content, data, or actions of third parties, and you release us, our directors, officers, employees, and agents from any claims and damages, known and unknown, arising out of or in any way connected with any claim you have against any such third parties. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from us or through or from our services creates any warranty not expressly stated in these Terms of Use.

Any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through your use of our services is done at your own discretion and risk, and you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss of data that results from the download of any such material. You agree that we have no responsibility or liability for the deletion of, or the failure to store or to transmit, any content or communication maintained by the service. We retain the right to create limits on use and storage at our sole discretion at any time with or without notice.

Some states or jurisdictions do not allow the types of disclaimers in this section, so they may not apply to you either in part or in full depending on the law.

16. Limitation on Liability

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The Wikimedia Foundation will not be liable to you or to any other party for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, including but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data, or other intangible losses, regardless of whether we were advised of the possibility of such damage. In no event shall our liability exceed one thousand U.S. dollars (US$1,000.00) in aggregate. In the case that applicable law may not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability or incidental or consequential damages, the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you, although our liability will be limited to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

17. Modifications to these Terms of Use

Just as the Wikimedia community's input is essential for the growth and maintenance of the Projects, we believe that community input is essential for these Terms of Use to properly serve our users. It is also essential for a fair contract. Therefore, we will provide these Terms of Use, as well as any substantial future revisions of these Terms of Use, to the community for comment at least thirty (30) days before the end of the comment period. If a future proposed revision is substantial, we will provide an additional 30 days for comments after posting a translation of the proposed revision in at least three languages (selected at our discretion). The community will be encouraged to translate the proposed revision in other languages as appropriate. For changes for legal or administrative reasons, to correct an inaccurate statement, or changes in response to community comments, we will provide at least three (3) days' notice.

Because it may be necessary to modify these Terms of Use from time to time, we will provide notice of such modifications and the opportunity to comment via the Project websites, and via a notification on WikimediaAnnounce-l. However, we ask that you please periodically review the most up-to-date version of these Terms of Use. Your continued use of our services after the new Terms of Use become official following the notice and review period constitutes an acceptance of these Terms of Use on your part. For the protection of the Wikimedia Foundation and other users like yourself, if you do not agree with our Terms of Use, you cannot use our services.

18. Other Terms

These Terms of Use do not create an employment, agency, partnership, joint control or joint venture relationship between you and us, the Wikimedia Foundation. For the purposes of European Economic Area law, United Kingdom law, or other laws that involve a similar concept, you are not acting "under the authority of" the Foundation when you use the services. If you have not signed a separate agreement with us, these Terms of Use are the entire agreement between you and us. If there is any conflict between these Terms of Use and a signed written agreement between you and us, the signed agreement will control.

You agree that we may provide you with notices, including those regarding changes to the Terms of Use, by email, regular mail, or postings on the Projects or Project Websites.

If in any circumstance, we do not apply or enforce any provision of these Terms of Use, it is not a waiver of that provision.

You understand that, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by us, you have no expectation of compensation for any activity, contribution, or idea that you provide to us, the community, or the Projects or Project editions.

Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in these Terms of Use, we (the Wikimedia Foundation) and you agree not to modify the applicable terms and requirements of any free license that is employed on the Projects or Project editions when such free license is authorized by these Terms of Use.

These Terms of Use were written in English (U.S.). While we hope that translations of these Terms of Use are accurate, in the event of any differences in meaning between the original English version and a translation, the original English version takes precedence.

If any provision or part of a provision of these Terms of Use is found unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that provision or part of the provision is deemed severable from these Terms of Use and will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible, and all other provisions of these Terms of Use will remain in full force and effect.

Thank You!

We appreciate your taking the time to read these Terms of Use, and we are very happy to have you contributing to the Projects and using our services. Through your contributions, you are helping to build something really big - not only an important collection of collaboratively edited reference Projects that provides education and information to millions who might otherwise lack access, but also a vibrant community of like-minded and engaged peers, focused on a very noble goal.

These Terms of Use went into effect on June 7, 2023. Previous versions of the terms:

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