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what's a good open source license for a book? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago by ByroTriz@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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If I decide to self-publish a book what happens to the copyright? Is there a way to prevent others from claiming copyrights for a book published autonomously? Are there OS licenses specifically tuned for books?

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[–] vox@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

the author can still sell the work, the NC prevents other people from profiting off of it without explicit permission (this does not prevent exemptions, work can still be sold under cc-by-sa as an exemption)