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In simple terms:
You are free to share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
We cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms:
Attribution — You must give appropriate credit AND provide a link to the license. 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.
Here are 2 examples:
1. Here's how I state the license in the Maturity Model itself and give kudos to those who have contributed factors or changes to the base version:
In simple terms:
You are free to share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
We cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms:
Attribution — You must give appropriate credit AND provide a link to the license. 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.
Here are 2 examples:
1. Here's how I state the license in the Maturity Model itself and give kudos to those who have contributed factors or changes to the base version:
This work licensed Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NonDerivatives 4.0 International. The model is part of the Slimgim family of templates attributed to Paul Giroux. Original version & information available on http://www.slimgim.info or from paul@slimgim.info. To understand CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 please review https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
This model is based on the hard work of our peers. Their factors are cited on the 'References' sheet. A special thank you to those who have contributed both factors, feedback and improvements to the base model: Patrick Wilke-Browne (State of Iowa) as well as the Slimgim-T (Slimgim for Transportation) Team consisting of Eric Abrams (Iowa), Van Colebank (Tennessee), Linda DeMasi (Arkansas), Michael Green (Volpe), Allen Ibaugh (Urisa), Brett A Juul (Oregon), Ian Kidner (Ohio), Kim McDonough (Tennessee), Christopher Meredith (Utah), Drew Quinton (Volpe), Mark Sarmiento (Volpe) & McKenna Stahl (Volpe).
2. Here is how a modified, adapted and improved project - Slimgim-T (Slimgim for Transportation) presents the licence:
This work licensed Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NonDerivatives 4.0 International by Eric Abrams, Van Colebank, Linda DeMasi, Michael Green, Allen Ibaugh, Brett A Juul, Ian Kidner, Kim McDonough, Christopher Meredith, Drew Quinton, Mark Sarmiento & McKenna Stahl. This model is part of the Slimgim family of templates attributed to Paul Giroux. Original version & information available on http://www.slimgim.info or from paul@slimgim.info. To understand CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 please review https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
If you've downloaded Slimgim and plan to adapt, modify, etc. and are unsure about stating license, please feel free to contact me.