History: CopyrightManagementSystemDoc

The CopyrightManagementSystem (©MS) allows you to specify a content license under which all wiki pages are published when submitted. When this feature is activated by an administrator (see CopyrightManagementSystemAdmin for more information) new form elements appear on the WikieEditPage:

This allows users submitting content to attach a copyright notice to the page. The user enters the title of work being copyright (which may or may not be different to the page title), the year of copyright and the author(s) associated with the content.

Normal users can only add copyright notices to a page, and only administrators can delete or modify submitted ones. Copyright notices can then be recalled using the CopyrightNoticePlugin. Thisi s normally only done in the license page. To view the license for a particular page click on the license link at the bottom of the page, for example:

This will take you the the license (in this case the OpenGameLicense) for that page. Depending on how the administrator has set-up the license you may also be able to peruse all the copyright pages for that page as well.

Similarly, clicking on the PrintIcon will now take you to a full print-out of your page content and the license under which it is published.

Editing Copyright Notices

The ©MS also introduces a new permission, tiki_p_edit_copyrights, which allows users to access the copyrights edit page. To access the copyrights edit page for a particular page, go to the license page for that page and click on the link at the bottom of the page:

If you have permissions this will take you to the copyright edits page where you can edit the copyright notices for that page: