Copyrights

OurMed follows the Open Source Licensing rules; this means that any image, graphic or media file you upload to OurMed, MUST meet one of the following criteria: It MUST either;

If your OWN Property - #1
Be YOUR own property, in which case you are granting absolute right to it use not only by OurM\ed, but by anyone who chooses to copy that work anywhere on Earth, for any reason whatsoever. The only rights you retain are that if they modify that work, they have to have your express permission.

If you are getting the approval of the Owner - #2
Be approved by the owner of the copyright, by direct permission sent to an Ourmed admin who will ok its use.

If Copied from another Open Source Site - #3
Be copied from another Wiki site with the same Open Source Licensing policy clearly posted. This includes the following approved sites:

Approved Open Source Sites

 * Wikipedia
 * Medpedia.

USE of REQUIRED TEMPLATES
Place in DESCRIPTION box when uploading

#1 (above)
If you are uploading under #1 (above), then you need to insert this template in the "description" box when uploading the file:. This is accomplished by typing the following characters. NB: type this without the spaces, which are inserted here only to prevent the whole template from printing out again. { { PD-self | date=month year } } Replace only the month and year above, as e.g.,"October 2010"

#2 (above)
If under #2 (above), then the owner of the copyright must login and place the permission as in #1 above on the file, or upload it themselves.

#3 (above)
If under #3 (above)and the file is from Wikipedia, then you need to insert the following template: NB: type this without the spaces, which are inserted here only to prevent the whole template from printing out again. { { PATTRIB } }

For Files From Medpedia:
If under #3 (above)and the file is from Medpedia, then you need to insert the following template: NB: type this without the spaces, which are inserted here only to prevent the whole template from printing out again. { { ATTRIB-MP } }