Copyright and License
This Copyright Notice outlines the terms and conditions applicable to the publication of articles in Accesso Journal, emphasizing the retention of copyright by authors and the use of a Creative Commons license to govern the sharing and use of published work. Our goal is to protect authors’ rights while ensuring that their research remains accessible, shareable, and expandable by the global academic community and the public.Here is the formal, clear, and human-readable English translation of your copyright and licensing statement for Accesso Journal:
1. Copyright Ownership
Authors who publish in Accesso Journal retain full copyright of their work. Accesso Journal does not require authors to transfer their copyright to the journal or publisher. Instead, authors grant Accesso Journal the right to publish their work as the first publisher.
2. Publishing License and User Rights
All articles published in Accesso Journal are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.
This license allows users—including readers and the general public—to:
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Share: Copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
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Adapt: Remix, transform, and build upon the material.
Under the following conditions:
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Attribution (BY): Users must give appropriate credit to the author(s) and Accesso Journal as the original source of publication (including article title, author’s name, journal name, volume, issue, page number, year, and DOI). A link to the original article and the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license must be provided, and any changes made must be clearly indicated.
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Non-Commercial (NC): The material may not be used for commercial purposes.
ShareAlike (SA): If the material is remixed, transformed, or built upon, the resulting work must be distributed under the same license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) as the original.
This licensing arrangement ensures broad accessibility while encouraging responsible sharing and reuse of research, with respect for the rights of authors and the contributions of the journal.
3. Author Rights
Authors retain all rights to their published work, including (but not limited to) the following:
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Copyright and other proprietary rights related to the article, such as patent rights;
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The right to use the substance of the article in future works, including lectures and books;
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The right to reproduce the article for personal purposes;
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The right to self-archive the article;
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The right to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for non-exclusive distribution of the published version of the article (e.g., posting it in an institutional repository or including it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its original publication in Accesso Journal.
4. Disclaimer
The views and opinions expressed in articles published in Accesso Journal are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of Accesso Journal, its Editorial Board, the publisher, or the Rancak Publik Foundation. Accesso Journal and its publisher are not responsible for any content included in published articles.
5. Royalties
As an open-access journal that distributes articles freely under the terms of the Creative Commons license stated above, Accesso Journal does not provide authors with royalties or any other financial compensation.
