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'''The Ludwig Wittgenstein Project is a multilingual website whose aim is to make available as many of Ludwig Wittgenstein's works as possible, free of charge and with a free licence.'''

Excellent academic resources exist which provide a transcription of the ''Nachlass'' (<span class="plainlinks">[http://wab.uib.no/transform/wab.php?modus=opsjoner WAB]</span>) and even scans of some of Wittgenstein's handwritten notes and manuscripts (<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.wittgensteinsource.org/ Wittgenstein Source]</span>). However, those are mostly helpful for researchers who need to dive deep into the "raw" Wittgenstein; conversely, they are little use for the general public, for students, or for anyone who would simply step into a bookshop to buy a copy of the ''Tractatus'' or the ''Philosophical Investigations'', in the original or in translation.

Wittgenstein's originals, as well as some of the translations, {{#ifexpr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}<2022|will soon enter|are in}} the public domain (see [[#Copyright|Copyright]] below), while the translations that were purpose-made for this site {{#ifexpr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}<2022|will be|are}} available under <span class="plainlinks">[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike]</span>. You will find more specific information in the page of each individual work.

A not-for-profit endeavour, The Ludwig Wittgenstein Project was started in late 2020 by Michele Lavazza.

Some of the translations available on this site are in the public domain in those countries where rights expire 70 years after the death of the author (see [[#Originals|§ Originals]] above). Most of them, however, have been made on purpose by The Ludwig Wittgenstein Project: these are available under <span class="plainlinks">[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike]</span>: this means that they can be used, remixed, distributed free of charge, without having to ask for permission, even for commercial purposes, provided that 1) credit is given by indicating the name of the translator and The Ludwig Wittgenstein Project (a link to the website is appreciated) and 2) any derivative work is distributed under the same licence as the original.