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What does Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International mean?
This license requires that reusers give credit to the creator. It allows users to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, even for commercial purposes. If others remix, adapt, or build upon the material, they must license the modified material under identical terms.
What to include when attributing a work
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- Credit the creator;
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Always include licence information
Even though it can sometimes be difficult to provide all the information, you must always include the details of the CC licence that the work is available under. This is so other people know that you have permission to use the work, that they can use it as well and under what conditions.
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Remixing the original work
If you change the original work in any way, such as cropping the work, changing the colours or replacing words, you will be creating a derivative work of the original. You should always attribute the original work in any derivative work and identify that changes have been made to it.
Often the simplest way to do this is to use the phrase “This work is a derivative of…” and attribute the original work as you would normally. If your work incorporates a number of derivative works, you might say, “This work includes material from the following sources…” and list each original work. It is a good idea to state the order you are listing them in eg “This work includes material from the following sources (listed sequentially)…”
Jazz Improv. No. 1 © 2020 by Jacob Mumford is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Jazz Improv. No. 1 by Jacob Mumford is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
Jazz Improv. No. 2 by Jacob Mumford is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
Jungle Tune by Jacob Mumford is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International