Door43:Copyrights

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All content in the Door43 project is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License.

This means that you are free:

	to Share — to copy, distribute and transmit the work to anyone, anywhere, anytime
	to Remix — to adapt the work and create new works based off the Door43 content

Under the following conditions:

	Attribution — You must attribute the source of the original work to Door43 (with a link to http://door43.org) but not in any way that suggests that Door43 endorses you or your use of the work. Derivative works that conflict with the Door43 Statement of Faith are strongly discouraged and should not contain any reference or attribution to Door43.
	Share Alike — If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one.

Practically speaking

So what does this mean? It means you are pre-cleared and free to do just about anything with any content on the Door43 website, for any ministry purpose, including (but not limited to):

• Posting as much of it as you want on your own website.
• Printing unlimited copies and giving them to anyone, without needing to request permission or notify us.
• Adapting the content for your own ministry needs — need to change some paragraphs around? Add additional content (maybe to improve relevancy or clarity for your target audience)? Take out some pieces that aren't needed (or could miscommunicate) to your target audience? Go for it!
• E-mailing, text messaging, Twittering, blogging, podcasting, etc. as much of it as you want, anywhere in the world, in any language
• Creating applications for mobile phones, computers, gaming stations, etc. that display the content of the Door43 website
• Want to bundle the Door43 content in your iPhone Bible study application? Please do! Want to pull the content over-the-air directly from door43.org? You are welcome to!
• Be creative in the use of Door43 content for ministry...

The only requirements of this license are listed above: point a link back to http://door43.org (Attribution) and release what you create with Door43 content under the same license, so that unrestricted content stays unrestricted (Share Alike).

Use of the Door43 name

The name "Door43" and all the names of the Door43 projects (e.g. "Open Bible Translation", "Open Bible Stories", "Open Bible School", "Open Study Notes", "Open Bible Handbook", "Open Christian Library", "Open Worship Project", etc.) are reserved and may only be used in a derivative work if the content of the derivative work is unmodified from the content on the Door43 website at the time the work was created. An example: a mobile phone application that compiles Door43 content into a format for use on mobile devices can use the name "Door43" in the name of the application because the content is taken directly from the Door43 website without modification. However, a Bible study guide that is created using content from the Door43 website with modifications and additions to it may not use the name "Door43" or any of the Door43 project names to identify the derivative work. It must, however, attribute the original work with a link to the Door43 website, e.g. "This work includes content from the Door43 project, http://door43.org"

Why is this important?

Door43 is designed to encourage peer-review of discipleship resources. With many eyes looking at the content being created in this wiki, errors are easy to spot and correct. We also have editors who carefully check the content for accuracy before it "goes live" which helps to ensure that while anyone can help create these resources, we still maintain the highest degree of quality (see Door43:Content quality for more information). Instead of trying to preserve this quality by keeping it restricted for use by others, we want anyone, anywhere to be able to use Door43 content for any ministry purpose, but to do so in a way that maintains the integrity of the Door43 project. For this reason, we encourage anyone who wants to make modifications to Door43 content to do so on this website where the improvements can be incorporated for use by everyone. You are, of course, free to take the content and make whatever changes you want to apart from the Door43 website, but if you do so you are not permitted to use the name "Door43" since it is no longer subject to the checks and balances built into the Door43 process.