COPYRIGHT STATEMENT

Posted Sep 2019 and revised March 2022
Cited verbatim from older versions of the copyright statement
Dr Russell Jay Hendel, President, Rashiyomi.com
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Many contents on the Rashiyomi website are protected by a paid copyright.

However, we clarify that the intent of Rashiyomi copyright statements is the intent expressed in the creative commons copyright statement, the full statement of which may be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode and the human readable summary which may be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

The basic intent is:

  1. Any citation of Rashiyomi explanations, rules etc. should acknowledge the Rashiyomi website as the author by giving its URL: http://www.Rashiyomi.com (or the specific page on the website);
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  3. (as)While people are encouraged to cite paragraphs of explanations from Rashiyomi in their own works, they must share their works in a similar manner under the creative commons agreement,[ cc by Nc-sa (version) 3.0] [at the urls cited above]; they must cite the URLs for the Rashiyomi website and the creative commons website.
  4. In short, our intention is to facilitate distribution of Torah educational material and not inhibit that distribution with monetary interests or lack of acknowledgment.

    For precise legal details see the URLs cited earlier. The contents of this paragraph govern all future uses of Rashiyomi material and take precedence (or clarify and explain) already existing copyrights as well as permissions given in private emails.