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Improving the clarity of the knowledge-base licensing.
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Added information in the Q&A and explicit language on the landing page
(previously only included the license icon) and information for
contributors.
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## Knowledge-Base

1. **Can I freely use the contents of the knowlege-base?**
Yes, the knowldge-base contents are made available under a [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
This means you can freely use the data both for commercial and academic purposes as long as you provide attribution. General attirbution to the knowledge-base should reference the specific [Zenodo](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7693278) DOI associated with the dataset version in use. When appropriate, also acknowledge the specific individual that contributed the data. Inividual contributors are identified by their [ORCID](https://orcid.org/), listed in the reagent_resources.csv file.

1. **How do I contribute to the IBEX knowledge-base?**
Thank you for joining us! Please see instructions on how to contribute [here](contrib.md).

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&#x26A0; **NOTE**
By contributing to the knowledge-base you are agreeing that the provided data be made available under a [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and that you will abide by the [Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct](code_of_conduct.md).

<span style="color:purple;">The knowledge-base was made possible by researchers like you, see [who they are](the_who.md) and our thoughts on overcoming the fear of sharing.</span>

To contribute your knowledge you need the following:
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<img src="https://github.com/IBEXImagingCommunity/ibex_imaging_large_files/raw/main/docs/IBEX_Banner.jpg">

[![Creative Commons License](https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [![Contributor Covenant](https://img.shields.io/badge/Contributor%20Covenant-2.1-4baaaa.svg)](code_of_conduct.html)
[![Contributor Covenant](https://img.shields.io/badge/Contributor%20Covenant-2.1-4baaaa.svg)](code_of_conduct.html)

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The current knowledge-base usage statistics are available on its [Zenodo page](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7693278).

## Licensing

All of the data (images, text etc.) is made available under a [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
[![Creative Commons License](https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)


## Download

The authoritative and versioned forms of the knowledge-base are available for download from [Zenodo](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7693278).
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