Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License[source]

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<h2>License text</h2>
<p>
    By exercising the Licensed Rights (defined below), You accept and agree to be bound by the 
    terms and conditions of this Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public 
    License ("Public License"). To the extent this Public License may be interpreted as a contract,
    You are granted the Licensed Rights in consideration of Your acceptance of these terms and 
    conditions, and the Licensor grants You such rights in consideration of benefits the Licensor 
    receives from making the Licensed Material available under these terms and conditions.
</p>
<h3>Section 1 - Definitions.</h3>
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha">
    <li>
        <strong>Adapted Material</strong> means material subject to Copyright and Similar Rights 
        that is derived from or based upon the Licensed Material and in which the Licensed 
        Material is translated, altered, arranged, transformed, or otherwise modified in a 
        manner requiring permission under the Copyright and Similar Rights held by the Licensor.
        For purposes of this Public License, where the Licensed Material is a musical work, 
        performance, or sound recording, Adapted Material is always produced where the Licensed 
        Material is synched in timed relation with a moving image.
    </li>
    <li>
        <strong>Adapter's License</strong> means the license You apply to Your Copyright and 
        Similar Rights in Your contributions to Adapted Material in accordance with the terms 
        and conditions of this Public License.
    </li>
    <li>
        <strong>BY-SA Compatible License</strong> means a license listed at 
        <a href="https://creativecommons.org/compatiblelicenses">creativecommons.org/compatiblelicenses</a>,
        approved by Creative Commons as essentially the equivalent of this Public License.
    </li>
    <li>
        <strong>Copyright and Similar Rights</strong> means copyright and/or similar rights 
        closely related to copyright including, without limitation, performance, broadcast, sound 
        recording, and Sui Generis Database Rights, without regard to how the rights are labeled 
        or categorized. For purposes of this Public License, the rights specified in 
        Section 2(b)(1)-(2) are not Copyright and Similar Rights.
    </li>
    <li>
        <strong>Effective Technological Measures</strong> means those measures that, in the
        absence of proper authority, may not be circumvented under laws fulfilling obligations
        under Article 11 of the WIPO Copyright Treaty adopted on December 20, 1996, and/or similar 
        international agreements.
    </li>
    <li>
        <strong>Exceptions and Limitations</strong> means fair use, fair dealing, and/or any 
        other exception or limitation to Copyright and Similar Rights that applies to Your use of
        the Licensed Material.
    </li>
    <li>
        <strong>License Elements</strong> means the license attributes listed in the name of a 
        Creative Commons Public License. The License Elements of this Public License are 
        Attribution and ShareAlike.
    </li>
    <li>
        <strong>Licensed Material</strong> means the artistic or literary work, database, or
        other material to which the Licensor applied this Public License.
    </li>
    <li>
        <strong>Licensed Rights</strong> means the rights granted to You subject to the terms 
        and conditions of this Public License, which are limited to all Copyright and Similar 
        Rights that apply to Your use of the Licensed Material and that the Licensor has 
        authority to license.
    </li>
    <li>
        <strong>Licensor</strong> means the individual(s) or entity(ies) granting rights under 
        this Public License.
    </li>
    <li>
        <strong>Share</strong> means to provide material to the public by any means or process 
        that requires permission under the Licensed Rights, such as reproduction, public display,
        public performance, distribution, dissemination, communication, or importation, and 
        to make material available to the public including in ways that members of the public
        may access the material from a place and at a time individually chosen by them.
    </li>
    <li>
        <strong>Sui Generis Database Rights</strong> means rights other than copyright resulting 
        from Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on
        the legal protection of databases, as amended and/or succeeded, as well as other 
        essentially equivalent rights anywhere in the world.
    </li>
    <li>
        <strong>You</strong> means the individual or entity exercising the Licensed Rights under 
        this Public License. <strong>Your</strong> has a corresponding meaning.
    </li>
</ol>
<h3>Section 2 - Scope.</h3>
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha">
    <li>
        <strong>License grant.</strong>
        <ol>
            <li>
                Subject to the terms and conditions of this Public License, the Licensor hereby 
                grants You a worldwide, royalty-free, non-sublicensable, non-exclusive, irrevocable 
                license to exercise the Licensed Rights in the Licensed Material to:
                <ol style="list-style-type: upper-alpha">
                    <li>reproduce and Share the Licensed Material, in whole or in part; and</li>
                    <li>produce, reproduce, and Share Adapted Material.</li>
                </ol>
            </li>
            <li>
                <ins>Exceptions and Limitations</ins>. For the avoidance of doubt, where 
                Exceptions and Limitations apply to Your use, this Public License does not apply, 
                and You do not need to comply with its terms and conditions.
            </li>
            <li>
                <ins>Term</ins>. The term of this Public License is specified in Section 6(a).
            </li>
            <li>
                <ins>Media and formats; technical modifications allowed</ins>. The Licensor 
                authorizes You to exercise the Licensed Rights in all media and formats whether 
                now known or hereafter created, and to make technical modifications necessary to 
                do so. The Licensor waives and/or agrees not to assert any right or authority to
                forbid You from making technical modifications necessary to exercise the 
                Licensed Rights, including technical modifications necessary to circumvent 
                Effective Technological Measures. For purposes of this Public License, simply 
                making modifications authorized by this Section 2(a)(4) never produces Adapted 
                Material.
            </li>
            <li>
                <ins>Downstream Recipients</ins>.
                <ol style="list-style-type: upper-alpha">
                    <li>
                        <ins>Offer from the Licensor – Licensed Material</ins>. Every recipient of
                        the Licensed Material automatically receives an offer from the Licensor to 
                        exercise the Licensed Rights under the terms and conditions of this Public 
                        License.
                    </li>
                    <li>
                        <ins>Additional offer from the Licensor – Adapted Material</ins>. Every 
                        recipient of Adapted Material from You automatically receives an offer 
                        from the Licensor to exercise the Licensed Rights in the Adapted Material 
                        under the conditions of the Adapter’s License You apply.
                    </li>
                    <li>
                        <ins>No downstream restrictions</ins>. You may not offer or impose any 
                        additional or different terms or conditions on, or apply any Effective 
                        Technological Measures to, the Licensed Material if doing so restricts 
                        exercise of the Licensed Rights by any recipient of the Licensed Material.
                    </li>
                </ol>
            </li>
            <li>
                <ins>No endorsement</ins>. Nothing in this Public License constitutes or may be 
                construed as permission to assert or imply that You are, or that Your use of the
                Licensed Material is, connected with, or sponsored, endorsed, or granted official 
                status by, the Licensor or others designated to receive attribution as provided 
                in Section 3(a)(1)(A)(i).
            </li>
        </ol>
    </li>
    <li>
        <strong>Other rights</strong>.
        <ol>
            <li>
                Moral rights, such as the right of integrity, are not licensed under this Public 
                License, nor are publicity, privacy, and/or other similar personality rights;
                however, to the extent possible, the Licensor waives and/or agrees not to assert 
                any such rights held by the Licensor to the limited extent necessary to allow 
                You to exercise the Licensed Rights, but not otherwise.
            </li>
            <li>Patent and trademark rights are not licensed under this Public License.</li>
            <li>
                To the extent possible, the Licensor waives any right to collect royalties from 
                You for the exercise of the Licensed Rights, whether directly or through a 
                collecting society under any voluntary or waivable statutory or compulsory 
                licensing scheme. In all other cases the Licensor expressly reserves any right 
                to collect such royalties.
            </li>
        </ol>
    </li>
</ol>
<h3>Section 3 - License Conditions.</h3>
<p>
    Your exercise of the Licensed Rights is expressly made subject to the following conditions.
</p>
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha">
    <li>
        <strong>Attribution</strong>.
        <ol>
            <li>
                If You Share the Licensed Material (including in modified form), You must:
                <ol style="list-style-type: upper-alpha">
                    <li>
                        retain the following if it is supplied by the Licensor with the Licensed 
                        Material:
                        <ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman">
                             <li>
                                identification of the creator(s) of the Licensed Material and any 
                                others designated to receive attribution, in any reasonable manner 
                                requested by the Licensor (including by pseudonym if designated);
                            </li>
                            <li>a copyright notice;</li>
                            <li>a notice that refers to this Public License;</li>
                            <li>a notice that refers to the disclaimer of warranties;</li>
                            <li>
                                a URI or hyperlink to the Licensed Material to the extent reasonably 
                                practicable;
                            </li>
                        </ol>
                    </li>
                    <li>
                        indicate if You modified the Licensed Material and retain an indication 
                        of any previous modifications; and
                    </li>
                    <li>
                        indicate the Licensed Material is licensed under this Public License, and
                        include the text of, or the URI or hyperlink to, this Public License.
                    </li>
                </ol>
            </li>
           <li>
                You may satisfy the conditions in Section 3(a)(1) in any reasonable manner based
                on the medium, means, and context in which You Share the Licensed Material. For 
                example, it may be reasonable to satisfy the conditions by providing a URI or 
                hyperlink to a resource that includes the required information.
            </li>
            <li>
                If requested by the Licensor, You must remove any of the information required by 
                Section 3(a)(1)(A) to the extent reasonably practicable.
            </li>
        </ol>
    </li>
    <li>
        <p><strong>ShareAlike</strong>.</p>
        <p>
            In addition to the conditions in Section 3(a), if You Share Adapted Material You 
            produce, the following conditions also apply.
        </p>
        
        <ol>
            <li>
                The Adapter’s License You apply must be a Creative Commons license with the same 
                License Elements, this version or later, or a BY-SA Compatible License.
            </li>
            <li>
                You must include the text of, or the URI or hyperlink to, the Adapter's License
                You apply. You may satisfy this condition in any reasonable manner based on the 
                medium, means, and context in which You Share Adapted Material.
            </li>
            <li>
                You may not offer or impose any additional or different terms or conditions on, 
                or apply any Effective Technological Measures to, Adapted Material that restrict
                exercise of the rights granted under the Adapter's License You apply.
            </li>
        </ol>
    </li>
</ol>
<h3>Section 4 - Sui Generis Database Rights.</h3>
<p>
    Where the Licensed Rights include Sui Generis Database Rights that apply to Your use 
    of the Licensed Material:
</p>
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha">
    <li>
        for the avoidance of doubt, Section 2(a)(1) grants You the right to extract, reuse, 
        reproduce, and Share all or a substantial portion of the contents of the database;
    </li>
    <li>
        if You include all or a substantial portion of the database contents in a database in 
        which You have Sui Generis Database Rights, then the database in which You have Sui 
        Generis Database Rights (but not its individual contents) is Adapted Material, including
        for purposes of Section 3(b); and
    </li>
    <li>
        You must comply with the conditions in Section 3(a) if You Share all or a substantial 
        portion of the contents of the database.
    </li>
</ol>
<p>
    For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 4 supplements and does not replace Your obligations 
    under this Public License where the Licensed Rights include other Copyright and Similar Rights. 
</p>
<h3>Section 5 - Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability.</h3>
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha">
    <li style="font-weight: bold">
        Unless otherwise separately undertaken by the Licensor, to the extent possible, the 
        Licensor offers the Licensed Material as-is and as-available, and makes no representations 
        or warranties of any kind concerning the Licensed Material, whether express, implied, 
        statutory, or other. This includes, without limitation, warranties of title,
        merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, absence of latent 
        or other defects, accuracy, or the presence or absence of errors, whether or not known 
        or discoverable. Where disclaimers of warranties are not allowed in full or in part, 
        this disclaimer may not apply to You.
    </li>
    <li style="font-weight: bold">
        To the extent possible, in no event will the Licensor be liable to You on any legal 
        theory (including, without limitation, negligence) or otherwise for any direct, special, 
        indirect, incidental, consequential, punitive, exemplary, or other losses, costs, 
        expenses, or damages arising out of this Public License or use of the Licensed Material,
        even if the Licensor has been advised of the possibility of such losses, costs, expenses, 
        or damages. Where a limitation of liability is not allowed in full or in part, this 
        limitation may not apply to You.
    </li>
    <li>
        The disclaimer of warranties and limitation of liability provided above shall be 
        interpreted in a manner that, to the extent possible, most closely approximates an 
        absolute disclaimer and waiver of all liability.
    </li>
</ol>
<h3>Section 6 - Term and Termination.</h3>
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha">
    <li>
        This Public License applies for the term of the Copyright and Similar Rights licensed 
        here. However, if You fail to comply with this Public License, then Your rights under 
        this Public License terminate automatically.
    </li>
    <li>
        Where Your right to use the Licensed Material has terminated under Section 6(a), it 
        reinstates:
        <ol>
            <li>
                automatically as of the date the violation is cured, provided it is cured 
                within 30 days of Your discovery of the violation; or
            </li>
            <li>upon express reinstatement by the Licensor.</li>
        </ol>
        
        <p>
            For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 6(b) does not affect any right the Licensor 
            may have to seek remedies for Your violations of this Public License.
        </p>
    </li>
    <li>
        For the avoidance of doubt, the Licensor may also offer the Licensed Material under 
        separate terms or conditions or stop distributing the Licensed Material at any time; 
        however, doing so will not terminate this Public License.
    </li>
    <li>
        Sections 1, 5, 6, 7, and 8 survive termination of this Public License.
    </li>
</ol>
<h3>Section 7 - Other Terms and Conditions.</h3>
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha">
    <li>
        The Licensor shall not be bound by any additional or different terms or conditions 
        communicated by You unless expressly agreed.
    </li>
    <li>
        Any arrangements, understandings, or agreements regarding the Licensed Material not 
        stated herein are separate from and independent of the terms and conditions of this 
        Public License.
    </li>
</ol>
<h3>Section 8 - Interpretation.</h3>
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha">
    <li>
        For the avoidance of doubt, this Public License does not, and shall not be interpreted 
        to, reduce, limit, restrict, or impose conditions on any use of the Licensed Material
        that could lawfully be made without permission under this Public License.
    </li>
    <li>
        To the extent possible, if any provision of this Public License is deemed unenforceable, 
        it shall be automatically reformed to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable. 
        If the provision cannot be reformed, it shall be severed from this Public License 
        without affecting the enforceability of the remaining terms and conditions.
    </li>
    <li>
        No term or condition of this Public License will be waived and no failure to comply 
        consented to unless expressly agreed to by the Licensor.
    </li>
    <li>
        Nothing in this Public License constitutes or may be interpreted as a limitation upon, or
        waiver of, any privileges and immunities that apply to the Licensor or You, including 
        from the legal processes of any jurisdiction or authority.
    </li>
</ol>