We recommend familiarizing yourself with the following licenses and how they dictate sharing and usage rights.
HSS Commons perpetual, non-exclusive license 1.0
Under this license, all rights are reserved by the author(s) or owner(s), but the HSS Commons is granted perpetual, non-exclusive license to reproduce, distribute, and/or change the medium or format of the submission. Read the full license terms
Creative Commons Licenses
This page offers informative descriptions on the Creative Commons licensing options available: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/
Here are the Creative Commons license conditions, drawn from https://creativecommons.org/use-remix/cc-licenses/:
Attribution (by)
All CC licenses require that others who use your work in any way must give you credit the way you request, but not in a way that suggests you endorse them or their use. If they want to use your work without giving you credit or for endorsement purposes, they must get your permission first.
ShareAlike (sa)
You let others copy, distribute, display, perform, and modify your work, as long as they distribute any modified work on the same terms. If they want to distribute modified works under other terms, they must get your permission first.
NonCommercial (nc)
You let others copy, distribute, display, perform, and (unless you have chosen NoDerivatives) modify and use your work for any purpose other than commercially unless they get your permission first.
NoDerivatives (nd)
You let others copy, distribute, display and perform only original copies of your work. If they want to modify your work, they must get your permission first.
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