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layout: lesson
title: Licenses
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### Instructional Material

All Software Carpentry instructional material is made available under
the Creative Commons Attribution license. You are free:

* to **Share**---to copy, distribute and transmit the work
* to **Remix**---to adapt the work

Under the following conditions:

* **Attribution**---You must attribute the work using "Copyright (c)
  Software Carpentry" (but not in any way that suggests that we
  endorse you or your use of the work).  Where practical, you must
  also include a hyperlink to http://software-carpentry.org.

With the understanding that:

* **Waiver**---Any of the above conditions can be waived if you get
  permission from the copyright holder.
* **Other Rights**---In no way are any of the following rights
  affected by the license:
    * Your fair dealing or fair use rights;
    * The author's moral rights;
    * Rights other persons may have either in the work itself or in
      how the work is used, such as publicity or privacy rights.  *
* **Notice**---For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to
  others the license terms of this work. The best way to do this is
  with a link to
  [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

For the full legal text of this license, please see
[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode).

### Software

Except where otherwise noted, the example programs and other software
provided by Software Carpentry are made available under the
[OSI](http://opensource.org)-approved
[MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html).

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.

### Other Material

Our [code of conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.html) is taken from
[this site](https://github.com/Bantik/contributor_covenant/blob/master/LICENSE),
and is made available under the same MIT License as our software.

### Trademark

"Software Carpentry" and the Software Carpentry logo are registered
trademarks of Software Carpentry, Ltd.