License Summary

Understanding licensing, attribution requirements, and usage rights for scientific content on Plottie.

Content Licensing Overview

Plottie exclusively features scientific plots from open-access research literature under Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licenses. All content is sourced from peer-reviewed articles that are freely available with the most permissive open access licensing.

Maximum Freedom for Use and Adaptation

All plots can be used, shared, and adapted for any purpose, including commercial use, with proper attribution.

Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) License

CC BY 4.0 - The Most Permissive License

All scientific plots on Plottie are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. This is the most permissive Creative Commons license.

You are free to:

Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material
Commercial use — for any purpose, even commercially

Under the following terms:

Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.

No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

Attribution Requirements

When using content from Plottie, you must provide proper attribution to respect the original creators' work and comply with CC BY licensing terms.

Required Information

Original article title and authors
Journal name and publication year
DOI (Digital Object Identifier)
License type (CC BY 4.0)
Link to original article

Example Attribution

"Figure adapted from Smith et al. (2024). Novel Protein Structures in Cancer Research. Nature Communications, 15(1), 123. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-12345-6. Licensed under CC BY 4.0."

If modified: Add "Adapted from..." or "Modified from..." to indicate changes were made.

Content Ownership and Rights

Scientific Content

The scientific plots and figures remain under their original CC BY licenses as specified by the publishing journals and authors. Plottie does not claim ownership of this content but provides access, organization, and discovery tools.

Quality Assurance

We carefully curate content to ensure all plots are properly licensed under CC BY terms, allowing maximum freedom for use while maintaining proper attribution to original researchers.

Additional Resources

Creative Commons

Open Access Resources

Questions About Licensing?

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