Copyright and Authorship are entirely different things. Copyright refers to being allowed to (or disallowed from) making copies (e.g., direct copies, adapting the work in new ways). Authorship is literally whomever created the thing. I (and any contributors) will be the authors for now until forever. But we are licensing out work (via this license) and allowing people to do things with our work, as long as they follow some basic rules.
Citing the authors is required when copying/adapting this work. Conversely, claiming it as your own is still plagarism even if we're granting you permission to use this content.
In short: cite your sources, don't make money on things you didn't write, and don't be a dick.
These guides are licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License license. The intention of choosing this license is to allow people to:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material
…as long as:
- Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, 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.
- NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
- ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.
RG35XX Guide by Ryan Parman is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at https://readme.guide/translate.
Any pull requests that are merged from contributors will only be merged if they are made available under terms of one of the following licenses:
- Creative Commons: Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
- Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 International
- Creative Commons Zero: 1.0 Universal
…or if you are willing to assign your copyright to Flailing Wildly LLC d/b/a README.guide. Your choice.
I've been writing for a long time, giving away information and things I've learned for free. While I'd like to maintain that same "open" spirit moving forward, I'd also like to see if there is money to be made for the work I've done.
As the author and primary copyright holder of this work, I am actively seeking ways to make money from my own work. I am not seeking ways to make money from anyone else's work (unless there's a way to come up with a fair revenue-sharing model that I haven't figured out yet).
If I do reference someone else's work, it will be done in a way that falls under "fair use" law, or that aligns with any licenses that are applied to that work. Attribution, and linking back to the original source is part of that. Fair use is an exception to copyright law that allows partial copies to be made in very specific use-cases, where the intent is clearly for educational purposes.