Editing Incubator escapee wiki:FAQ/Copyright (section)

===Attribution licenses===
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:An attribution license is a permissive license with an additional requirement of attribution of previous authors' works in any derivative work. An attribution licenses says (essentially): "You may use, copy, or distribute this work, as long as you give credit to the original author". The original "four clause" [[BSD license]] is an example of an attribution license.

::''Example: "Photo by John Smith. Copyright 1999. Permission granted for free use and distribution, conditioned upon inclusion of the above attribution and copyright notice."