WikiLectures:Author Law
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License which is used by Wikilectures allows relatively free use of content. This principle, known as copyleft, allows you to use, modify, reproduce or redistribute the content if its author is mentioned.
WikiLectures are licensed under Creative Commons Atribution 3.0 Czech Republic (CC-BY-3.0). Full text of the license is available here: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/cz/legalcode (in Czech, suitable English version: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode)
Pictures, images and other files can be available under other licenses.
You are free:
to Share - to copy, distribute and transmit the work
to Remix - to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
Attribution — You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work).
With the understanding that:
Waiver — Any of the above conditions can be waived if you get permission from the copyright holder.
Other Rights — In no way are any of the following rights affected by the license:
- Your fair dealing or fair use rights;
- The author's moral rights;
- Rights other persons may have either in the work itself or in how the work is used, such as publicity or privacy rights.
How to use articles from WikiLectures
You are free to copy and distribute parts or whole articles from WikiLectures if you attribute the work as specified in CC-BY-3.0. You may choose:
- link or address to the page with the original text;
- link or address to an available page providing the information about authors;
- list of all authors and contributors.
Other licences
Some pictures, images or other files can be also available under other licences – especially different Creative Commons licences or public domain. The licence is always specified on the file page.
Contributing to WikiLectures
By saving your contribution you are also signing the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence. You have to own the rights to the text you want to transfer to WikiLectures or the text has to be licenced under CC-BY to be allowed to do this. Saving an article under CC-BY is irreversible, you cannot take it back. However, you still own the right to use and publish your article under any licence.
Transfering existing materials
Do not violate copyright. It is agains law as well as WikiLectures policy. Remember that copyright protects expresion of an idea, not the idea itself. You are free to refer to literature and other available materials and use exiting articles as an inspiration for your work.
Due to the licence policy it is not allowed to copy articles from [wikipedia.org Wikipedia] and related projects.
Possiple copyright violation
If you find an article you think might be violating copyright, please inform editorial board of WikiLectures via editor@wikilectures.eu.
