Thread:Brandon Rhea/@comment-368802-20121107071214/@comment-20644-20121107180500

Hey G.E. Thanks for the reply. Lostpedia is actually a different case than most wikis beyond just the copyright license. That wiki did not begin its existence here on Wikia, but rather it was one that moved to Wikia. When it moved, it already had the CC-BY-ND-NC license. Due to the nature of the Creative Commons license, that copyright continues to be used.

We typically do not offer any other license except CC-BY-SA for wikis. In this case, we do not feel that there is a reason to change the license. Just so you’re aware, though, even if it was changed, all content contributed to WikiSara prior to the license change would still be CC-BY-SA. Only content contributed after the license change would be the different license. That means you’d still have nearly 7,000 pages licensed under CC-BY-SA, so a license change wouldn’t accomplish much at this point anyway.

As for images, that’s another story entirely. The CC-BY-SA license applies to text-based content. We can’t give you any actual legal advice for a copyright to use for an image, particularly in regards to images that you do not own the copyright to. I will say, though, that if you do not own the copyright of an image, you can’t require that people ask you for permission to use it. Only a copyright holder can do that. Beyond that, I can’t advise on specific images given that I do not know their copyrights or their copyright holders. Copyrights of individual images are set by the copyright holders, whoever they may be.

I hope that explanation makes things more clear. Feel free to let me know if you have any other questions.