Умовы выкарыстаньня/Уводзіны
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• Пасьля традыцыйнага працэсу супольнага рэдагаваньня і абмеркаваньня, нарэшце былі абноўленыя Ўмовы выкарыстаньня Вікімэдыі. Абноўленая вэрсія набудзе моц 25 траўня 2012 году.
Абноўленыя Ўмовы выкарыстаньня сталіся вынікам унікальнай супольнай працы, у рамках якой было зроблена звыш 200 правак, побач з 4500 радкамі дыскусіяў. За тэрмін, большы за 140 дзён, супольнасьць Вікімэдыі перагледзіла, акрэсьліла і яшчэ раз пераглядзела прапанаваныя зьмены ва Ўмовах выкарыстаньня, выключыўшы зь якіх болей 120 праблемных момантаў. Ніколі яшчэ ўмовы выкарыстаньня буйнога праекту не пераглядаліся з падобнай інтэрактыўнасьцю і супрацай. Працэс супольнага абмеркаваньня і перагледжаньня Ўмоваў скончыўся 31 сьнежня 2011 году. Рада Павераных зацьвердзіла канчатковы накід абноўленых умоваў 6 сакавіка 2012 году. Акрамя ўсяго, новыя ўмовы забязьспечаць:
- Better understanding: The updated agreement includes an easy-to-read template summary to help facilitate understanding of the terms.
- Stronger security: The updated terms prohibit a number of actions – such as installing malware – that could compromise Wikimedia systems. Though these restrictions do not represent a change in policy, they provide clarity as to what is unacceptable behavior.
- Clearer roles: In response to requests for guidance, the updated agreement clarifies the roles and responsibilities of the community, including editors and contributors. These terms also seek to provide guidelines to help users avoid trouble.
- More community feedback: The updated agreement ensures that future updates will be accompanied by a collaborative discussion process. The update gives users at least a 30-day comment period before a major revision goes into effect (with Board approval). There is a three-day exception for urgent legal and administrative changes.
- Clearer free licensing: According to some, the previous ToU was sometimes confusing in regards to free licensing requirements. The updated agreement attempts to explain more clearly those requirements for editors and contributors (without changing existing practices).
- More tools against harassment, threats, stalking, vandalism, and other long-term issues: The terms make clear that such acts are prohibited. Novel for Wikimedia, the updated agreement raises the possibility of a global ban for extreme cross-wiki violations, a need that has been expressed from a number of community members. While the global ban is authorized by the terms of use, it will be implemented by community policy.
- Better legal protection: The updated terms incorporate legal sections that are commonly used to help safeguard a site like ours, such as better explanation of our hosting status as well as disclaimers and limitations on liability for the Foundation.
Suffice it to say, we are consistent with other like-minded organizations, which have incorporated similar agreements, including the Internet Archive, Creative Commons, Mozilla Firefox, Open Source Initiative, Project Gutenberg, Linux Foundation, Stack Exchange, WikiSpaces, and WordPress.com.
Without the hard work and expertise of our community, this project would have been impossible. We applaud the community's participation in this innovative initiative, which resulted in the most collaboratively-drafted terms of use for any major website.
