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Content License

The Short Version

Use the material.

Learn from it. Quote it. Build on it. Teach from it. Remix it. Fork the ideas and go make something useful.

Just do not rip it off, scrub my name off it, and pretend you pulled it out of your own ass.

If you use material from this site, give proper credit.

What Is Licensed

Unless otherwise noted, the original written content on this site is licensed under:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

That means you may copy, share, reuse, adapt, remix, and build on the content, including for commercial use, as long as you provide proper attribution.

What Proper Attribution Means

If you use material from this site, you must:

  • credit me and/or the site
  • link back to the original page when reasonably possible
  • include a reference to the CC BY 4.0 license
  • clearly note if you changed, edited, adapted, or remixed the material

Plain English:

give credit, link the source, link the license, and do not hide your edits.

The Part Where I Say It More Bluntly

You are welcome to use the work.

You are not welcome to:

  • copy it and claim you wrote it
  • strip attribution
  • repost it without credit
  • remix it into something new and hide where it came from
  • use my name, trademarks, or brand to imply endorsement where none exists

Use it openly. Credit it honestly. Do not bullshit.

What Is Not Included

Unless I say otherwise, this content license does not automatically apply to:

  • third-party trademarks
  • logos
  • brand names
  • quoted material owned by others
  • third-party images or media
  • linked external content
  • anything specifically marked with a different license or restriction

If it is not mine to license, I am not licensing it.

Code Is Separate

If this repo or site includes software code, scripts, components, themes, or other executable materials, those may be covered by a separate software license.

Do not assume the content license applies to code.

Check the repository license files and notices for the code terms.

No Endorsement

Using this content does not give you the right to imply that I endorse you, your product, your brewery, your course, your newsletter, your startup, or your half-baked thought leadership post.

Credit is required. Endorsement is not included.

Official License

This page is the human-readable version.

The official license is:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Suggested Attribution

A good attribution looks like this:

Adapted from Gluten Free Brewer by Craig Belser, used under CC BY 4.0.

Or:

Source: Gluten Free Brewer by Craig Belser. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Modified for this use.

That is not hard. Act accordingly.