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LICENSING
Quick Reference
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which license applies? | CC BY 4.0. |
| Who holds the copyright? | The authors. The journal receives the right of first publication. |
| Is permission needed? | No, if the license allows the use and its conditions are met. |
| Is there a fee for reuse? | No. |
| May I copy, share, translate, or adapt an article? | Yes, for any purpose, including teaching and commercial use. |
| What must I do? | Give credit, link to the license, indicate any changes, and do not imply endorsement. |
1. License
2. Permitted Use
2.1 General Use
Anyone may copy, share, redistribute, translate, adapt, and build on the material for any purpose, including commercial use and text and data mining. No further permission and no fee are needed. An adapted work does not have to use the same license.
2.2 Use in Teaching and Education
The following are typical examples of permitted use. They are subject to the conditions in Section 3.
| No. | Typical permitted use |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lecturers and trainers may use articles, or parts of them, in courses, workshops, and training programs, and may give copies to participants. |
| 2 | Students and researchers may quote articles, reuse tables and figures in their own work, and use articles in literature reviews, with credit and citation. |
| 3 | Anyone may translate an article, including into a regional language, and publish the translation. The translation must state that it is a translation and that the original is the authoritative version. |
| 4 | Institutions and organizations may include articles in print or online collections and in lists of resources. |
3. Attribution and Conditions
Users must meet the following conditions:
| No. | Condition |
|---|---|
| 1 | Give appropriate credit, and keep the existing notices of attribution, copyright, and license. |
| 2 | Provide a link to the CC BY 4.0 license. |
| 3 | Indicate whether changes were made, and keep the notices of earlier changes. |
| 4 | Where practical, cite the article and include its DOI or a link to the source. |
| 5 | Do not imply that the authors, the journal, or the publisher endorse you or your use. |
| 6 | Do not add legal terms or technological measures that restrict others from doing what the license allows. |
Credit may be given in any reasonable manner that suits the medium. These conditions add nothing to the terms of the license.
Sample Credit Line
4. Scope and Continuity
| Topic | Details |
|---|---|
| 4.1 Third party material | Figures, images, tables, test items, questionnaires, or excerpts that belong to others may be excluded from the license when they are clearly marked. Check their credit lines, because separate terms may apply. Authors must obtain permission for such material, as described on the Manuscript Preparation page. |
| 4.2 Rights outside the license | CC BY 4.0 may not cover patent, trademark, privacy, or publicity rights. For example, photographs or recordings that show people may carry privacy rights even when the article is open. A use that a legal exception allows, and material in the public domain, need no permission under the license. |
| 4.3 Corrected, retracted, or removed articles | A license that has already been granted is not revoked by a later correction, retraction, or removal. Users must still follow its conditions, and they should check the current status of the article under the Correction and Retraction policy. |
| 4.4 License information | The license is shown on the article pages and in the publication files. Earlier license statements that can be verified remain displayed. Updating the website does not relicense content that was published before. |
5. Authoritative Terms
6. What This Means for Authors
| Topic | Details |
|---|---|
| Copyright and first publication | Authors keep the copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication. The work is licensed to everyone under CC BY 4.0, provided that they credit the authors and the first publication in SOSMANIORA. |
| Separate arrangements | Authors may make separate nonexclusive arrangements, such as depositing the article in an institutional repository or including it in a book, as long as the first publication in SOSMANIORA is acknowledged. |
| Material that authors may include | Authors should include only material that they have the right to license in this way. |
| Third party material that cannot be licensed | If third party material cannot be licensed, the authors must say so in the credit line of that material and tell the editors when they submit the manuscript. |
Related Pages
| Page | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Copyright Notice | Copyright ownership and the rights of authors. |
| Open Access Policy | Free access for readers to the full text of every article. |
| Data Sharing Policy | Research data and supplementary files. |
| Archiving Policy and Electronic Filing | Preservation of published content. |
| Author Fees | Fees that authors may be asked to pay. They are separate from the free reuse of articles. |
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