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## You Don't Own Everything
The law is very clear on this, and the TU Delft Copyright page
The law is very clear on this, and the TU Delft Copyright page states it quite clearly:
> Copyright to educational material made by a TU Delft teacher, rests with TU Delft. Amongst the other moral rights, the teacher retains the right to be named.
In case that wasn't clear enough, _TU Delft owns the copyright,_ not you! In other words, you should do this:
> by Last, First (c) TU Delft, Year
**Don't** do this:
> (c) Last, First, Year
We recognize that this may make you angry, and we can relate: as teachers we put a lot of effort into the material we create. However, we have come to see that this is _not_ a horrible situation; in fact, it is a good one. As the creator of the material you still retain moral rights to be named as the author, and there are other benefits as well. For example, the ability of other teachers that may take your place after you are gone to legally use and build upon your work in the future.
**Still don't agree?** Sorry. Please take this up with your nearest library or copyright expert and let us know if you get a different response! In the meantime, we will simply list ourselves as authors, use CC BY licenses and remember that TU Delft holds the copyright for our work produced as teachers.
```{warning}
The TeachBooks Team isn't sure where code and data lie here. Since TeachBooks is oriented towards education, we assume that TU Delft also owns the copyright for this.
Do you have a better answer? Let us know!
```
## Licensing
This dictates how others may or may not be able to share or (re)use your work. It is (fortunately) becoming more common to include licenses with educational material (including books)
This dictates how others may or may not be able to share or (re)use your work. It is (fortunately) becoming more common to include licenses with educational material (including books), which makes it much easier to understand how specific material can be used. Note that _in the absence of a license, you must assume that nothing can be reused!_ In this case you have to ask permission to the copyright holder, which can be a time-consuming process. License considerations are described in more detail in the following pages.
```{warning}
The TeachBooks Team isn't really able to explain why an author can dictate the license of material they create while TU Delft is the copyright holder. In other words, if I create a new assignment, I can choose to license it as CC BY.
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## Summary
There are many legal aspects to consider when creating an online book. Hopefully this page simplifies the story somewhat and indicates that there is a finite set of actions you should take to ensure that your book properly attributes and references the work of others, as well as indicates to others how they can use your work. This includes:
There are many legal aspects to consider when creating an online book. Hopefully this page simplifies the story somewhat and indicates that there is a finite set of actions you should take to ensure that your book properly attributes and references the work of others, as well as indicates to others how they can use your work. This includes the following:
1. Choosing a license and including with the _source code_ and _website_ of your book (we hope you choose CC BY!).
2. Clearly indicate where and how you have used the work of others in your book (i.e., within the _content_ of your book).
3. Include a summary of all sources used in your book, as well as what may or may not be included under the license which you have chosen.
1. **Choose a license** and including with the _source code_ and _website_ of your book (we hope you choose CC BY!).
2. Clearly **indicate where and how you have used the work of others** in your book (i.e., within the _content_ of your book).
3. **Summarize all sources** used in your book, as well as what may or may not be included under the license which you have chosen.
The following pages illustrate how to do this. This turns out to be not only a clear message to (re)users of your content, but also to help you remember what you have used in your book and where to find it later if changes are needed.
The following pages illustrate how to do this. It turns out to be not only a clear set of instructions for (re)users of your content, but also to help you remember what you have used in your book and where to find it later if changes are needed.
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Most TeachBooks tools and books do not yet conform with the guidelines specified in this manual, including improper copyright notes, authorship and licensing information. In fact, some of the licenses may be changed in order to better align with other closely-related tools.