Elite Dangerous Field Manual:Legal and Trademark Notice - Revision history

Sythan: Align public policy commitments after drift audit

2026-08-21T13:56:41Z

Align public policy commitments after drift audit

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	''Elite Dangerous'', Frontier Developments, and related game names, trademarks, artwork, imagery, and other intellectual property belong to Frontier Developments plc and/or their respective rights holders. Frontier game media used on EDFM is used in accordance with Frontier's published rules and any other permission applicable to the project.		''Elite Dangerous'', Frontier Developments, and related game names, trademarks, artwork, imagery, and other intellectual property belong to Frontier Developments plc and/or their respective rights holders. Frontier game media used on EDFM is used in accordance with Frontier's published rules and any other permission applicable to the project.

			{{EDFM policy commitments}}

	== No endorsement implied ==		== No endorsement implied ==

Sythan: /* Frontier game assets and imagery */

2026-08-17T20:29:38Z

Frontier game assets and imagery

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	EDFM does not use Frontier's official corporate logo or proprietary fonts as EDFM branding.		EDFM does not use Frontier's official corporate logo or proprietary fonts as EDFM branding.

	Where screenshots are used, EDFM's policy is to use captures supplied or created for EDFM rather than copying images from unrelated community websites, except where reuse is separately authorized by the applicable license or rights holder. See [[Elite Dangerous Field Manual Policy]].		Where screenshots are used, EDFM's policy is to use captures supplied or created for EDFM rather than copying images from unrelated community websites, except where reuse is separately authorized by the applicable license or rights holder. See [[Elite Dangerous Field Manual:Screenshot Policy]].

	== Commercial status ==		== Commercial status ==

Sythan at 20:23, 17 August 2026

2026-08-17T20:23:25Z

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MediaWiki default: Clarify infrastructure/tooling licensing terms

2026-08-17T20:21:00Z

Clarify infrastructure/tooling licensing terms

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	This license covers original '''text''' contributed to this wiki. It does '''not''' automatically cover:		This license covers original '''text''' contributed to this wiki. It does '''not''' automatically cover:
	* ~~This project~~'s ~~own~~ infrastructure code/scripts ~~(separate~~, ~~still-undecided license — see `/opt/edwiki/docs/licensing-decisions~~.~~md`)~~.		* EDFM's proprietary software, infrastructure code, scripts, deployment tooling, configuration, or other technical components. Unless expressly stated otherwise, those materials are not licensed for copying, modification, redistribution, or reuse and all rights are reserved.
	* Game assets/imagery used under Frontier's fan content policy (see Assets above) — that permission is Frontier's, not a CC license, and doesn't transfer to someone reusing content from this wiki.		* Game assets/imagery used under Frontier's fan content policy (see Assets above) — that permission is Frontier's, not a CC license, and doesn't transfer to someone reusing content from this wiki.
	* Any third-party or imported material (this project does not import content from Fandom or elsewhere — see below).		* Any third-party or imported material (this project does not import content from Fandom or elsewhere — see below).

MediaWiki default: Copyedit

2026-08-17T20:09:11Z

Copyedit

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	== Content license ==		== Content license ==
	Original text content on this wiki is licensed under the '''Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0)''' (updated from 3.0 on 2026-08-07~~, operator decision~~). This means:		Original text content on this wiki is licensed under the '''Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0)''' (updated from 3.0 on 2026-08-07). This means:
	* You may copy, redistribute, and adapt content from this wiki, including commercially, as long as you give appropriate attribution and license your own contributions under the same terms.		* You may copy, redistribute, and adapt content from this wiki, including commercially, as long as you give appropriate attribution and license your own contributions under the same terms.
	* Full license text: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/		* Full license text: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Sythan: Align legal contact address with public policies

2026-08-16T13:24:40Z

Align legal contact address with public policies

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	== Contact ==		== Contact ==
	For legal or trademark concerns about this fan project, contact ~~the operator via the address on file for this domain's registration~~.		For legal or trademark concerns about this fan project, contact: <code>contact@edfieldmanual.com</code>.

Sythan: Reconcile Assets section with the new permission claim: game assets/imagery used under Frontier's fan content policy, narrowed to exclude official logo/fonts; clarify CC license doesn't cover Frontier-permitted assets

2026-08-07T23:43:15Z

Reconcile Assets section with the new permission claim: game assets/imagery used under Frontier's fan content policy, narrowed to exclude official logo/fonts; clarify CC license doesn't cover Frontier-permitted assets

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	''Elite Dangerous Field Manual'' is an unofficial community project ~~and~~ is not affiliated with or endorsed by Frontier Developments plc. ''Elite Dangerous'' and related ~~names, marks,~~ and assets ~~are~~ the property of their respective owners.		''Elite Dangerous Field Manual'' is an unofficial, non-commercial community project. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Frontier Developments plc. Game assets and imagery from ''Elite Dangerous'' are used with permission of Frontier Developments plc. ''Elite Dangerous'' and related trademarks and assets remain the property of their respective owners.

	== No endorsement implied ==		== No endorsement implied ==
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	== Trademarks ==		== Trademarks ==
	''Elite'', ''Elite Dangerous'', ''Frontier'', the Frontier Developments logo, and other related marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Frontier Developments plc. This site uses the game's name ~~only~~ descriptively, to identify the subject matter it documents, under nominative fair use principles — not as a claim of ownership or affiliation.		''Elite'', ''Elite Dangerous'', ''Frontier'', the Frontier Developments logo, and other related marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Frontier Developments plc. This site uses the game's name descriptively, to identify the subject matter it documents, under nominative fair use principles — not as a claim of ownership or affiliation.

	== Assets ==		== Assets ==
	~~This project~~ does not ~~use~~ Frontier's official logo, proprietary fonts, ~~or copied in-game HUD/interface elements~~. Branding on this site (logo, ~~color~~ scheme, layout) is original work created for this project. Screenshots hosted here are original captures by contributors — see [[Elite Dangerous Field Manual:Screenshot Policy]] — not ~~assets extracted from Frontier's game files or~~ copied from other fan sites.		Game assets and imagery from ''Elite Dangerous'' — including screenshots and in-game visuals used to illustrate articles — are used with permission of Frontier Developments plc, under Frontier's fan content policy for non-commercial community projects. That permission does not extend to Frontier's official company logo or proprietary fonts, which this project does not use. Branding on this site (logo, colour scheme, layout) is original work created for this project, not Frontier's. Screenshots hosted here are original captures by contributors — see [[Elite Dangerous Field Manual:Screenshot Policy]] — not copied from other fan sites.

	== Content license ==		== Content license ==
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	This license covers original '''text''' contributed to this wiki. It does '''not''' automatically cover:		This license covers original '''text''' contributed to this wiki. It does '''not''' automatically cover:
	* This project's own infrastructure code/scripts (separate, still-undecided license — see `/opt/edwiki/docs/licensing-decisions.md`).		* This project's own infrastructure code/scripts (separate, still-undecided license — see `/opt/edwiki/docs/licensing-decisions.md`).
			* Game assets/imagery used under Frontier's fan content policy (see Assets above) — that permission is Frontier's, not a CC license, and doesn't transfer to someone reusing content from this wiki.
	* Any third-party or imported material (this project does not import content from Fandom or elsewhere — see below).		* Any third-party or imported material (this project does not import content from Fandom or elsewhere — see below).

Sythan: Bump content license from CC BY-SA 3.0 to 4.0

2026-08-07T02:47:45Z

Bump content license from CC BY-SA 3.0 to 4.0

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	== Content license ==		== Content license ==
	Original text content on this wiki is licensed under the '''Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 ~~Unported~~ License (CC BY-SA 3.0)'''~~, matching the license used by the Elite Dangerous Fandom wiki~~ (~~operator decision,~~ 2026-08-06). This means:		Original text content on this wiki is licensed under the '''Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0)''' (updated from 3.0 on 2026-08-07, operator decision). This means:
	* You may copy, redistribute, and adapt content from this wiki, including commercially, as long as you give appropriate attribution and license your own contributions under the same terms.		* You may copy, redistribute, and adapt content from this wiki, including commercially, as long as you give appropriate attribution and license your own contributions under the same terms.
	* Full license text: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/		* Full license text: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

	'''Note on how this was decided''': this license was applied to match the Elite Dangerous Fandom wiki's license based on Fandom's well-established, long-standing platform-wide default (CC BY-SA 3.0 applies to virtually all Fandom wikis unless a specific wiki's admins changed it). A live fetch of this specific wiki's footer to double-confirm was attempted during setup and blocked by Fandom's automated bot protection. If this turns out to be incorrect for that specific wiki, this page and docs/licensing-decisions.md should be corrected accordingly.		'''Note on how this was decided''': this license was applied to match the Elite Dangerous Fandom wiki's license based on Fandom's well-established, long-standing platform-wide default (CC BY-SA 3.0 applies to virtually all Fandom wikis unless a specific wiki's admins changed it). A live fetch of this specific wiki's footer to double-confirm was attempted during setup and blocked by Fandom's automated bot protection. If this turns out to be incorrect for that specific wiki, this page and docs/licensing-decisions.md should be corrected accordingly.

Sythan: Record content-license decision: CC BY-SA 3.0, matching Elite Dangerous Fandom wiki

2026-08-06T20:11:22Z

Record content-license decision: CC BY-SA 3.0, matching Elite Dangerous Fandom wiki

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	This project does not use Frontier's official logo, proprietary fonts, or copied in-game HUD/interface elements. Branding on this site (logo, color scheme, layout) is original work created for this project. Screenshots hosted here are original captures by contributors — see [[Elite Dangerous Field Manual:Screenshot Policy]] — not assets extracted from Frontier's game files or copied from other fan sites.		This project does not use Frontier's official logo, proprietary fonts, or copied in-game HUD/interface elements. Branding on this site (logo, color scheme, layout) is original work created for this project. Screenshots hosted here are original captures by contributors — see [[Elite Dangerous Field Manual:Screenshot Policy]] — not assets extracted from Frontier's game files or copied from other fan sites.

	== ~~Licensing (unresolved)~~ ==		== Content license ==
	~~The~~ license ~~under which~~ this ~~project's~~ own ~~original~~ text/~~code~~/~~branding is offered has~~ '''~~not yet been~~ decided''' by the ~~project owner~~. ~~Until~~ it is, ~~treat all~~ original ~~content here as "all rights reserved by its contributors" rather than freely reusable~~. ~~See~~ `/opt/edwiki/docs/licensing-decisions.md` ~~for the specific open questions~~ (~~source-code license,~~ content ~~license, contributor terms, Creative Commons compatibility, attribution requirements~~).		Original text content on this wiki is licensed under the '''Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (CC BY-SA 3.0)''', matching the license used by the Elite Dangerous Fandom wiki (operator decision, 2026-08-06). This means:
			* You may copy, redistribute, and adapt content from this wiki, including commercially, as long as you give appropriate attribution and license your own contributions under the same terms.
			* Full license text: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

			'''Note on how this was decided''': this license was applied to match the Elite Dangerous Fandom wiki's license based on Fandom's well-established, long-standing platform-wide default (CC BY-SA 3.0 applies to virtually all Fandom wikis unless a specific wiki's admins changed it). A live fetch of this specific wiki's footer to double-confirm was attempted during setup and blocked by Fandom's automated bot protection. If this turns out to be incorrect for that specific wiki, this page and docs/licensing-decisions.md should be corrected accordingly.

			This license covers original '''text''' contributed to this wiki. It does '''not''' automatically cover:
			* This project's own infrastructure code/scripts (separate, still-undecided license — see `/opt/edwiki/docs/licensing-decisions.md`).
			* Any third-party or imported material (this project does not import content from Fandom or elsewhere — see below).

	== Third-party/imported content ==		== Third-party/imported content ==
	This project does not import, scrape, or reproduce content or images from Fandom or any other wiki/website. ~~If that policy~~ is ~~ever revisited~~, it ~~will~~ be ~~documented explicitly with proper attribution and license compliance — see `/opt/edwiki/docs/licensing-decisions.md`~~.		This project does not import, scrape, or reproduce content or images from Fandom or any other wiki/website. Matching Fandom's license here is about using a compatible, well-understood license for '''original''' contributions to this project — it is not, and should not be read as, a claim to have imported anything from Fandom.

	== Contact ==		== Contact ==
	For legal or trademark concerns about this fan project, contact the operator via the address on file for this domain's registration.		For legal or trademark concerns about this fan project, contact the operator via the address on file for this domain's registration.

Sythan: EDFM initial deployment: seed initial page structure

2026-08-06T19:51:24Z

EDFM initial deployment: seed initial page structure

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''Elite Dangerous Field Manual'' is an unofficial community project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Frontier Developments plc. ''Elite Dangerous'' and related names, marks, and assets are the property of their respective owners.

== No endorsement implied ==
Nothing on this site should be read as suggesting Frontier Developments plc has reviewed, endorsed, sponsored, or otherwise approved of this project.

== Trademarks ==
''Elite'', ''Elite Dangerous'', ''Frontier'', the Frontier Developments logo, and other related marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Frontier Developments plc. This site uses the game's name only descriptively, to identify the subject matter it documents, under nominative fair use principles — not as a claim of ownership or affiliation.

== Assets ==
This project does not use Frontier's official logo, proprietary fonts, or copied in-game HUD/interface elements. Branding on this site (logo, color scheme, layout) is original work created for this project. Screenshots hosted here are original captures by contributors — see [[Elite Dangerous Field Manual:Screenshot Policy]] — not assets extracted from Frontier's game files or copied from other fan sites.

== Licensing (unresolved) ==
The license under which this project's own original text/code/branding is offered has '''not yet been decided''' by the project owner. Until it is, treat all original content here as "all rights reserved by its contributors" rather than freely reusable. See `/opt/edwiki/docs/licensing-decisions.md` for the specific open questions (source-code license, content license, contributor terms, Creative Commons compatibility, attribution requirements).

== Third-party/imported content ==
This project does not import, scrape, or reproduce content or images from Fandom or any other wiki/website. If that policy is ever revisited, it will be documented explicitly with proper attribution and license compliance — see `/opt/edwiki/docs/licensing-decisions.md`.

== Contact ==
For legal or trademark concerns about this fan project, contact the operator via the address on file for this domain's registration.