Licenses and Reuse

This topic is important for understanding how published artifacts may be reused, cited, redistributed, or constrained.

PaperProof lets authors choose a reuse license at publication time. The list below covers the main options we expect to support in the Docs UX. Main Licenses License Short name Typical use --- --- --- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 CC BY 4.0 Broad reuse with attribution Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 CC BY-SA 4.0 Broad reuse, same-license sharing Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Non-commercial reuse with sharing Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Non-commercial reuse without derivatives Creative Commons Zero 1.0 CC0 1.0 Public-domain-style dedication MIT License MIT Simple permissive software release Apache License 2.0 Apache-2.0 Permissive software and enterprise-friendly reuse BSD 3-Clause License BSD-3-Clause Permissive software reuse with attribution GNU GPL v3.0 GPL-3.0 Copyleft...