Copyright & License
Copyright and License — Published Articles
All articles published in journals hosted by Luminous Insights Publishing are open access. Articles can be downloaded, shared, and reused without restriction, provided that the original authors are cited correctly. All published articles are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). “All rights reserved” does not apply to published article content.
Author(s) retain copyright of their work, with articles licensed to Luminous Insights for publication and distribution. Download and/or copying permission from the author(s) is not required when use complies with the CC BY 4.0 license. The applicable copyright and license notice is included on the first page of each article in a readable format.
Luminous Insights publishes all journal contributions under the CC BY 4.0 license, where you are free to:
Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.
The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms. Under the following terms:
Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
Any data related to the article (including but not limited to reference lists) is distributed according to the Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication (CC0 1.0).
Copyright — Journal Websites
Copyright in each journal’s website design, layout, branding, and other non-article content is held by Luminous Insights Publishing and/or its licensors. This website copyright is separate from the copyright and licensing terms applied to individual published articles under CC BY 4.0. Website terms do not restrict reuse of published articles in accordance with their open license.
Article copyright and licensing terms must not contradict a journal’s open access policy. For access, archiving, and self-archiving rights, see the Open Access Policy for the relevant journal on this website.
