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Course Licensing
The open access course materials are offered with one of two Creative Commons licenses
CC BY-SA 4.0
Creative Commons BY-SA. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
“This license requires that reusers give credit to the creator. It allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, even for commercial purposes. If others remix, adapt, or build upon the material, they must license the modified material under identical terms.
BY - Credit must be given to you, the creator.
SA - Adaptations must be shared under the same terms.”
Courses
Introduction to GAMS and GAMS Studio, Introduction to SAMs, SAM Estimation
Non-Commercial Licenses
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Creative Commons BY-NC-ND. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ ).
“This license requires that reusers give credit to the creator. It allows reusers to copy and distribute the material in any medium or format in unadapted form and for noncommercial purposes only.
BY - Credit must be given to you, the creator.
NC - Only noncommercial use of your work is permitted. Noncommercial means not primarily intended for or directed towards commercial advantage or monetary compensation.
ND - No derivatives or adaptations of your work are permitted.”.
This license imposes the condition of No Derivatives - “If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material” even for use in an academic course.
There are minimal restrictions on reusers for noncommercial applications, e.g., academic research, use by permanent employees of government agencies and international organisations for in-house purposes only.
Commercial uses are defined as those “primarily intended for or directed toward commercial advantage or monetary compensation”, e.g., consultants including academics acting as consultants (https://creativecommons.org/faq/#does-my-use-violate-the-noncommercial-clause-of-the-licenses).
Courses
Practical CGE Course, Single Country CGE Course, Global CGE Course and Dynamic CGE Course.