From 7edcc136aeea711b4d6fda5549700f4897ed31a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonathan 'theJPster' Pallant Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 15:55:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add licence notes to index.md After discussions with someone who had re-used material without attribution, we agreed it would be useful to make the licence terms more prominent to those reading the rendered book (as opposed to browsing the Github repo). --- src/intro/index.md | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/intro/index.md b/src/intro/index.md index 6b512b58..5ccc3ff5 100644 --- a/src/intro/index.md +++ b/src/intro/index.md @@ -98,3 +98,22 @@ it should be reported in [the issue tracker] of this book. [the issue tracker]: https://github.com/rust-embedded/book/issues/ Pull requests fixing typos and adding new content are very welcome! + +## Re-using this material + +This book is distributed under the following licenses: + +* The code samples and free-standing Cargo projects contained within this book are licensed under the terms of both the [MIT License] and the [Apache License v2.0]. +* The written prose, pictures and diagrams contained within this book are licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons [CC-BY-SA v4.0] license. + +[MIT License]: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT +[Apache License v2.0]: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 +[CC-BY-SA v4.0]: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode + +TL;DR: If you want to use our text or images in your work, you need to: + +* Give the appropriate credit (i.e. mention this book on your slide, and provide a link to the relevant page) +* Provide a link to the [CC-BY-SA v4.0] licence +* Indicate if you have changed the material in any way, and make any changes to our material available under the same licence + +Also, please do let us know if you find this book useful!