From d5b6612c3ff14704337964858d6f37a3638fa447 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: eric Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 10:23:25 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] documentation for license notes --- docs/CONTRIBUTING.md | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md index 8b0a40839..c2e913f17 100644 --- a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -140,6 +140,22 @@ Example: ```text GOOD: * [A Way-backed Interesting Book](https://web.archive.org/web/20211016123456/http://example.com/) - John Doe (HTML) *(:card_file_box: archived)* ``` +- Free Licenses (While we include resources that are "All Rights Reserved" but free to read, we encourage the use of free Licenses, such as Creative Commons): + + ```text + GOOD: * [A Very Awesome Book](https://example.org/book.pdf) - Jane Roe (PDF) (CC BY-SA) + ``` + +Supported Licences (no versioning): + + - `CC BY` 'Creative Commons attribution' + - `CC BY-NC` 'Creative Commons non-commercial' + - `CC BY-SA` 'Creative Commons share-alike' + - `CC BY-NC-SA` 'Creative Commons non-commercial, share-alike' + - `CC BY-ND` 'Creative Commons no-derivatives' + - `CC BY-NC-ND` 'Creative Commons non-commercial, no-derivatives' + - `GFDL` 'Gnu Free Documentation License' + ### Alphabetical order