Copyright Policy

We want the Knowledge Atlas to be available for use and reuse by anyone for any purpose. By contributing content to the Knowledge Atlas Co-op, you are releasing your work under the Creative Commons Attribution license. You retain the copyright on your own work, which means you can use and relicense your own work in any way you choose.

Anti-Spam Guidelines

Spam is not welcome in the Knowledge Atlas. We classify spam as:

• commercial content designed to sell products or services
• external links and references unrelated to the material to which they are attached
• multiple identical or extremely similar additions of content

The Knowledge Atlas Co-op reserves the right to remove spam, and to deactivate the accounts of contributors who continually violate the anti-spamming guidelines.

Privacy Policy

Your privacy is very important to Knowledge Atlas. We believe that your personal information should be under your control. Our privacy policy is meant to reflect this principle.

The Knowledge Atlas Co-op, like most website operators, collects certain technical information from all visitors to the site. This includes IP addresses, standard information provided by your web browsing software, and dates and times of page requests. This information may be used in aggregate for statistical purposes, but will not be published or otherwise shared in a form that allows for personal identification.

For people who register to contribute to the site, Knowledge Atlas collects certain personal information. Your real name is required to contribute to Knowledge Atlas, and is attached to all of your contributions. A valid email address is also required. Your email address will not be shared publicly unless you specifically choose to share it. Any other personal information you provide to Knowledge Atlas is optional, and will not be shared unless you choose to share it. The Knowledge Atlas Co-op will not sell, rent or otherwise make available such personal information without your consent except when required by law.

The Knowledge Atlas website uses certain technical measures, such as cookies, to provide website functionality. These technical measures are only used in the operation of the Knowledge Atlas website, and are not used to track your activity outside of the Knowledge Atlas site. This information may be used and shared in aggregate for statistical purposes. All personally identifiable information will be removed before any sharing or publication.

Wordnet License

Some concepts may contain derivative content from the freely and publicly available lexical database Wordnet. Wordnet is governed by the following license.

WordNet Release 3.0 This software and database is being provided to you, the LICENSEE, by Princeton University under the following license. By obtaining, using and/or copying this software and database, you agree that you have read, understood, and will comply with these terms and conditions.: Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this software and database and its documentation for any purpose and without fee or royalty is hereby granted, provided that you agree to comply with the following copyright notice and statements, including the disclaimer, and that the same appear on ALL copies of the software, database and documentation, including modifications that you make for internal use or for distribution. WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. THIS SOFTWARE AND DATABASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND PRINCETON UNIVERSITY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, BUT NOT LIMITATION, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT- ABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR THAT THE USE OF THE LICENSED SOFTWARE, DATABASE OR DOCUMENTATION WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY THIRD PARTY PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, TRADEMARKS OR OTHER RIGHTS. The name of Princeton University or Princeton may not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software and/or database. Title to copyright in this software, database and any associated documentation shall at all times remain with Princeton University and LICENSEE agrees to preserve same.