Korean Open Access License (KOAL; ) is a

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license developed by IPLeft in

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

based on

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, which enable authors to give different kind of permission to others.

Types

There are four types of license in KOAL 2.0: * Permissive: No restriction on purpose of usage and

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. (known as Commercial-Derivative works in 1.0) * NoCommercial: Cannot be used in for-profit purpose. No restriction on derivative works. (known as NoCommercial-Derivative works in 1.0) * NoDerivatives: No restriction on purpose of usage. No derivative works allowed. (known as Commercial-NoDerivatives in 1.0) * NoCommercial-NoDerivatives: Cannot be used in for-profit purpose. No derivative works allowed. (known as NoCommercial-NoDerivatives in 1.0)

External links

Korea Open Access License Homepage

License text for KOAL 2.0 Permissive

License text for KOAL 2.0 NoCommercial

License text for KOAL 2.0 NoDerivative

License text for KOAL 2.0 NoCommercial NoDerivative

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