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Redistributing the book verbatim:
This [NAME OF THE BOOK] material is created by the Books4Languages Team; it is edited by Antonio D., and produced with support from the Books4Languages Community. The original is freely available under the terms of the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license at https://open.books4languages.com/.
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You are free to:
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Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material.
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Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes. Interpretation at the bottom of the page.
ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.
No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
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Revised or adapted versions:
This material is a [revised/adapted] version of [NAME OF THE BOOK], an original work by the Books4Languages Team; edited by Antonio D. and produced with support from the Books4Languages Community. The original is freely available under the terms of the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license at https://open.books4languages.com/.
Individual revised or adapted chapters or pieces:
This material is a [revised/adapted] version of an original work by the Books4Languages Team; in [NAME OF THE BOOK], edited by Antonio D., and produced with support from the Books4Languages Community. The original is freely available under the terms of the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license at https://open.books4languages.com/.
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The Editorial license allows the commercial use of the Content in magazines, articles & content, Textbooks, books & eBooks, for sale/distribution in Printed / Online / Multimedia based Educational materials & companion CDs.
You are free to:
Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
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The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.
Under the following terms:
Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
Frequently Asked Questions about Creative Commons license here.
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Interpretation
For the avoidance of doubt:
Non-commercial use means that users may not sell, profit from, or commercialize Books4Languages’ materials or works derived from them. That said, we have found that there are certain “grey areas” in interpreting the non-commercial provision of Creative Commons license. The guidelines below are intended to help users determine whether or not their use of Books4Languages’ materials would be permitted under the “non-commercial” restriction. Note that there are additional requirements (attribution and share alike) spelt out in our license.
Commercialization is prohibited. Users may not directly sell or profit from Books4Languages’ materials or from works derived from Books4Languages’ materials.
Example: A commercial education or training business may not offer courses based on Books4Languages’ materials if students pay a fee for those courses and the business intends to profit as a result.
Determination of commercial vs. non-commercial purpose is based on the use, not the user. Materials may be used by individuals, institutions, governments, corporations, or other business whether for-profit or non-profit so long as the use itself is not a commercialization of the materials or a use that is directly intended to generate sales or profit.
Example: A corporation may use Books4Languages’ materials for internal professional development and training purposes.
Incidental charges to recover reasonable reproduction costs may be permitted. Recovery of nominal actual costs for copying small amounts (under 100 copies) of Books4Languages’ content on paper or CDs is allowed for educational purposes so long as there is no profit motive and so long as the intended use of the copies is in compliance with all license terms. Students must be informed that the materials are freely available on the Books4Languages’ site and that their purchase of copied materials is optional.
Example: An institution in a remote area has limited Internet access and limited network infrastructure on campus and a professor offers to create CDs of Books4Languages’ materials relevant to his/her course. The professor may recover the costs of creating the CDs.
Exceptions for education and teaching: https://www.copyrightuser.org/understand/exceptions/education/
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The Content in Books4Languages books are all original works, copyright of their authors, who have agreed to release these works under the CC license. If you would like to make revisions or adaptations, please be mindful that according to the terms of the license, you must not do so in a way that suggests the original authors agree with the changes you have made. Minor spelling or typo changes usually do not count as revisions or adaptations, according to the CC license.