Copyright and License
Licensing and Copyright Policy
Copyright Ownership:
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The author of the article submitted to Synergy: International Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, as the owner of all rights to their work, retains full copyright but allows the article to be published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). This applies to both digital and print versions of the work (see the section on the license above). The author certifies that the publication of the work does not infringe upon the law or violate the rights or claims of third parties. If any illustrations or third-party content appear in the work, the author guarantees that they have the necessary rights to publish them and transfers to the publisher the right to reproduce them under the terms of the Creative Commons license.
CC BY 4.0 License:
This journal is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License, which allows anyone to share, adapt, and build upon the work, provided they give appropriate credit to the authors.
You are free to:
- Share: Copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially.
- Adapt: Remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.
The licensor (author) cannot revoke these freedoms as long as the license terms are followed.
Conditions:
- Attribution: You must give appropriate credit to the author(s), provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. This can be done in any reasonable manner, but not in a way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- No additional restrictions: You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
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