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## Instructional Material

All Software Carpentry, Data Carpentry, and Library Carpentry instructional material is
made available under the [Creative Commons Attribution
license][cc-by-human]. The following is a human-readable summary of
(and not a substitute for) the [full legal text of the CC BY 4.0
license][cc-by-legal].

You are free:

* to **Share**---copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
* to **Adapt**---remix, transform, and build upon the material

for any purpose, even commercially.

The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the
license terms.

Under the following terms:

* **Attribution**---You must give appropriate credit (mentioning that
  your work is derived from work that is Copyright © Software
  Carpentry and, where practical, linking to
  http://software-carpentry.org/), provide a [link to the
  license][cc-by-human], and indicate if changes were made. You may do
  so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the
  licensor endorses you or your use.

**No additional restrictions**---You may not apply legal terms or
technological measures that legally restrict others from doing
anything the license permits.  With the understanding that:

Notices:

* You do not have to comply with the license for elements of the
  material in the public domain or where your use is permitted by an
  applicable exception or limitation.
* No warranties are given. The license may not give you all of the
  permissions necessary for your intended use. For example, other
  rights such as publicity, privacy, or moral rights may limit how you
  use the material.

## Software

Except where otherwise noted, the example programs and other software
provided by Software Carpentry and Data Carpentry are made available under the
[OSI][osi]-approved
[MIT license][mit-license].

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

## Trademark

"Software Carpentry" and "Data Carpentry" and their respective logos
are registered trademarks of [Community Initiatives][CI].

[cc-by-human]: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
[cc-by-legal]: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
[mit-license]: https://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html
[ci]: http://communityin.org/
[osi]: https://opensource.org
