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*Ensuring you do not violate someone else | *Ensuring you do not violate someone else's copyright | ||
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Since contributors are transferring copyright for the material they contribute to SPE, it is important that the material is their own work. Contributing text or figures from other sources without permissions and acknowledgement in the text violates their copyrights. Confirming that the work is your own or that you have received appropriate permission for its use is part of the acknowledgements that authors make when they submit material to PetroWiki. See [[PetroWiki:Acknowledgements]] | Since contributors are transferring copyright for the material they contribute to SPE, it is important that the material is their own work. Contributing text or figures from other sources without permissions and acknowledgement in the text violates their copyrights. Confirming that the work is your own or that you have received appropriate permission for its use is part of the acknowledgements that authors make when they submit material to PetroWiki. See [[PetroWiki:Acknowledgements]] | ||
If you want to include material that is not your own, you need to seek appropriate permission BEFORE submitting it to PetroWiki. If the figure or text belongs to your company, be sure to check [[PetroWiki:Retained_rights]]. For figures, tables, images, and similar content, please email the approval for its inclusion to petrowiki | If you want to include material that is not your own, you need to seek appropriate permission BEFORE submitting it to PetroWiki. If the figure or text belongs to your company, be sure to check [[PetroWiki:Retained_rights]]. For figures, tables, images, and similar content, please email the approval for its inclusion to petrowiki(at)spe.org, indicating the page URL where the material will be contributed. In the caption, indicate the copyright for the material and that is "used by permission." | ||
Linking to materials that are available on a publicly-accessible website is generally preferable to trying to incorporate those materials in PetroWiki and potentially violating someone else's copyright. | Linking to materials that are available on a publicly-accessible website is generally preferable to trying to incorporate those materials in PetroWiki and potentially violating someone else's copyright. | ||
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