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==What is QRpedia?==
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'''QRpedia''' is a mobile Web based system which uses [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_codes QR codes] to deliver Wikipedia articles to users, in their preferred language. QR codes can easily be generated to link directly to any [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Identifier Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)], but the QRpedia system adds further language-switching functionality.
 
QRpedia was conceived by Roger Bamkin, then chair of [[Main_Page|Wikimedia UK]], coded by Terence Eden, and unveiled in April 2011. It is currently in use at museums and other institutions in countries including Australia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States.
 
==Who owns the rights?==
All rights in the QRpedia code, domains and trademark are currently held for the community's use by Cultural Outreach Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wikimedia UK (WMUK), a Registered Charity (no 1144513) and the UK chapter of the global Wikimedia movement.
 
==Can I use it?==
Yes, the system is freely available for anyone to use.  WMUK is maintaining a list of all known applications of the technology, around the world, and we would appreciate being advised of any use you make of of the system (although you are not required to do so).
 
Try it now at the [http://qrpedia.org main QRpedia website].
 
==Assistance==
WMUK is happy to provide assistance and advice to Wikimedia community colleagues who are considering launching a QRpedia project. Please contact us.
 
===Licence===
The project's source code is freely reusable under the [http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT MIT Licence].
 
===Attribution===
The MIT Licence does not require any attribution.
 
===Do I have to worry about moral rights?===
No, there are no moral rights which apply to QRpedia.
 
The law of some countries provides the original authors of copyright works with certain rights which cannot be assigned to a third party. These generally include "the right to object to derogatory treatment of work" and "the right to be identified as author".  The original QRpedia authors, Roger Bamkin and Terence Eden, live in the UK so UK copyright law applies.  However, under the Copyright, Designs and patents Act 1988, sections 79(2)(a) & (c) and section 81(2), those moral rights are excluded from application where the copyright work is a computer program or a computer-generated work.
 
==Can I use it in conjunction with the Wikipedia Globe logo?==
The Wikipedia Globe logo, the stylized word 'WikipediA' (with stylized ‘W’), and the stylized ‘W’ itself are [https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_official_marks registered trademarks of the Wikimedia Foundation], and can only be used in accordance with their [https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Trademark_policy trademark policy] or with their explicit consent.  WMUK does not control those marks, nor does it have any power to grant licences for their use in any QRpedia project.  At present, if an organization you are partnering with wishes to use any of those marks they would have to approach the Foundation directly for an individual licence.  However, that may change as the Foundation is currently [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trademark_policy reviewing] its trademark policy and we hope that in future use of the marks in conjunction with QRpedia codes will be allowed without the need for an individual licence.
 
Even without a licence, you are allowed to make use of the word "Wikipedia" in a purely descriptive way, provided that you do not make use of the stylized initial ‘W’.  So, is is OK for example to print next to a QRpedia code something like "''Scan the code to view the Wikipedia page''".  Such a use is consistent with the [https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Trademark_policy Foundation's trademark policy], specifically, the generic permission to "''describe your content as "source: Wikipedia" or "derived from Wikimedia free content projects" (or something similar)''".
 
==What about other uses of QR codes?==
 
QRpedia represents a particular use of QR codes within the Wikimedia environment, and there are many commercial and other uses of QR codes that do not involve QRpedia.  The basic ideas behind QR codes themselves were invented in 1997 by Denso Wave and do not require any licence to use as Denso Wave has chosen not to exercise its patent rights.  Further details can be found [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_codes on Wikipedia].
 
==What's the background?==
The QRpedia code, brand and domains were originally owned by the system's authors, Roger Bamkin and Terence Eden.  Roger and Terence later generously agreed to donate all their rights to WMUK to allow the system to be freely used by all, and following a period of discussion their rights were formally assigned to the charity in November 2013.
 
==Technical==
*[https://code.google.com/p/qrwp/issues/list Bug list]
*[https://code.google.com/p/qrwp/source/checkout Source  code]
 
==See also==
* [http://qrpedia.org Main QRpedia website]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qrpedia QRpedia entry on the English Wikipedia]

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