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material not subject to the license. This includes other CC-
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Considerations for the public: By using one of our public
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Although not required by our licenses, you are encouraged to
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Public
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By exercising the Licensed Rights (defined below), You accept and agree
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to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Creative Commons
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Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License ("Public
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Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Public License ("Public
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License"). To the extent this Public License may be interpreted as a
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contract, You are granted the Licensed Rights in consideration of Your
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acceptance of these terms and conditions, and the Licensor grants You
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and Similar Rights in Your contributions to Adapted Material in
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c. BY-SA Compatible License means a license listed at
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creativecommons.org/compatiblelicenses, approved by Creative
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Commons as essentially the equivalent of this Public License.
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d. Copyright and Similar Rights means copyright and/or similar rights
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c. Copyright and Similar Rights means copyright and/or similar rights
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closely related to copyright including, without limitation,
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performance, broadcast, sound recording, and Sui Generis Database
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Rights, without regard to how the rights are labeled or
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categorized. For purposes of this Public License, the rights
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specified in Section 2(b)(1)-(2) are not Copyright and Similar
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Rights.
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d. Effective Technological Measures means those measures that, in the
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absence of proper authority, may not be circumvented under laws
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fulfilling obligations under Article 11 of the WIPO Copyright
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Treaty adopted on December 20, 1996, and/or similar international
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f. Exceptions and Limitations means fair use, fair dealing, and/or
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e. Exceptions and Limitations means fair use, fair dealing, and/or
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any other exception or limitation to Copyright and Similar Rights
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g. License Elements means the license attributes listed in the name
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of a Creative Commons Public License. The License Elements of this
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Public License are Attribution and ShareAlike.
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f. Licensed Material means the artistic or literary work, database,
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or other material to which the Licensor applied this Public
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i. Licensed Rights means the rights granted to You subject to the
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g. Licensed Rights means the rights granted to You subject to the
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terms and conditions of this Public License, which are limited to
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all Copyright and Similar Rights that apply to Your use of the
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Licensed Material and that the Licensor has authority to license.
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j. Licensor means the individual(s) or entity(ies) granting rights
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h. Licensor means the individual(s) or entity(ies) granting rights
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k. Share means to provide material to the public by any means or
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i. NonCommercial means not primarily intended for or directed towards
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commercial advantage or monetary compensation. For purposes of
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this Public License, the exchange of the Licensed Material for
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other material subject to Copyright and Similar Rights by digital
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file-sharing or similar means is NonCommercial provided there is
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no payment of monetary compensation in connection with the
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exchange.
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j. Share means to provide material to the public by any means or
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process that requires permission under the Licensed Rights, such
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as reproduction, public display, public performance, distribution,
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dissemination, communication, or importation, and to make material
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available to the public including in ways that members of the
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public may access the material from a place and at a time
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l. Sui Generis Database Rights means rights other than copyright
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k. Sui Generis Database Rights means rights other than copyright
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resulting from Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of
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the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases,
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as amended and/or succeeded, as well as other essentially
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equivalent rights anywhere in the world.
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m. You means the individual or entity exercising the Licensed Rights
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l. You means the individual or entity exercising the Licensed Rights
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b. produce, reproduce, and Share Adapted Material for
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2. Exceptions and Limitations. For the avoidance of doubt, where
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Exceptions and Limitations apply to Your use, this Public
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Every recipient of Adapted Material from You
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automatically receives an offer from the Licensor to
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under the conditions of the Adapter's License You apply.
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licensing scheme. In all other cases the Licensor expressly
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license with the same License Elements, this version or
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License You apply must not prevent recipients of the Adapted
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Creative Commons is not a party to its public licenses.
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Notwithstanding, Creative Commons may elect to apply one of its public
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licenses to material it publishes and in those instances will be
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considered the “Licensor.” The text of the Creative Commons public
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licenses is dedicated to the public domain under the CC0 Public Domain
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Dedication. Except for the limited purpose of indicating that material
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permitted by the Creative Commons policies published at
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Creative Commons is not a party to its public
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licenses. Notwithstanding, Creative Commons may elect to apply one of
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its public licenses to material it publishes and in those instances
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will be considered the “Licensor.” The text of the Creative Commons
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public licenses is dedicated to the public domain under the CC0 Public
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Domain Dedication. Except for the limited purpose of indicating that
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material is shared under a Creative Commons public license or as
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otherwise permitted by the Creative Commons policies published at
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creativecommons.org/policies, Creative Commons does not authorize the
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use of the trademark "Creative Commons" or any other trademark or logo
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of Creative Commons without its prior written consent including,
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without limitation, in connection with any unauthorized modifications
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understandings, or agreements concerning use of licensed material. For
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