# Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 — Prose Content

**The Omega Centauri Society** — omegacentauri.me
Applies to: all prose content in this repository — tool descriptions, "About this tool"
text, captions, image alt-text, footnotes, references, and FAQ entries embedded inside
tool files. Also covers the main site pages (`index.html`, `faq.html`,
`advisors.html`, `membership.html`, etc.) and planning documents.

Copyright © 2026 The Omega Centauri Society (Tim Swanson)

Licensed under the **Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)**.

Full license text: <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode>
Human-readable summary: <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/>

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## You are free to:

- **Share** — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
- **Adapt** — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially

The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.

## Under the following terms:

- **Attribution** — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license,
  and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in
  any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

A recommended attribution string:

> "Content from The Omega Centauri Society — omegacentauri.me — licensed CC BY 4.0"

with a link back to the page or tool the content originated from.

## What this covers

- Tool descriptions and headers
- "About this tool" collapsible sections
- Tool subtitles, warning banners, slider labels (the text, not the code that displays them)
- All prose on the main site (`index.html`, `faq.html`, `advisors.html`, etc.)
- Planning and handover documents (`HUB_AND_DEMOS_PLAN_*.md`, `HANDOVER_*.md`, etc.)
- This file, the contributing guide, and the licensing files themselves

## What this does NOT cover

- The **executable code** (HTML structure, JS logic, CSS): see [LICENSE-code.md](LICENSE-code.md) (MIT).
- The **curated measurement tables** in `tools/data/measurements.js`: see [LICENSE-data.md](LICENSE-data.md) (CC0 1.0).
- Third-party material we quote or cite (DOIs, paper titles, equations) — those belong
  to their original publishers and are reproduced here under fair use / academic citation
  norms.