Clicklaw Wikibooks Copyright Guide

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One of the most important aspects of Clicklaw Wikibooks is that they use Creative Commons copyright licenses, which are designed to encourage sharing and reuse of information.

Creative Commons copyright licenses give creators a simple, standardized way to grant copyright permissions to their creative work.

Clicklaw Wikibooks indicate at the bottom of pages the Creative Commons license for that specific work.

Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

Creative Commons Licence

The Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 Canada License (CC BY-NC-SA 2.5 CA) lets others remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as they credit the copyright holder and license their new creations under the identical terms. View the license details.

If you want to reuse information licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.5 CA:

  • Attribution: To redistribute text on Clicklaw Wikibooks in any form, provide credit to the copyright holder.
  • ShareAlike: If you make modifications or additions to a page you reuse, you must license them under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 Canada License or later.
  • Indicate changes: If you make modifications or additions, you must indicate in a reasonable fashion that the original work has been modified.
  • Licensing notice: Each copy or modified version that you distribute must include a licensing notice stating that the work is released under CC BY-NC-SA 2.5 CA and either (a) a hyperlink or URL to the text of the license or (b) a copy of the license. For this purpose, a suitable URL is: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ca/.

For further information, please refer to the legal details of the CC BY-NC-SA 2.5 CA license.