Lisencing and Copyright Statement

Please be advised of the following copyright and license policy for the Journal of Sustainable Construction (JoSC):

Copyright

Upon submission of a manuscript to JoSC, the author agrees to the following copyright policy:

  1. The author retains the copyright to their article.
  2. The author retains all rights to their published work, not limited to those outlined in this policy.
  3. The JoSC is the first to publish under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0), and the author acknowledges this.
  4. The author may distribute their article published in JoSC (e.g., through their institutional repository or in a book), provided they acknowledge that it was first published in JoSC.
  5. The author guarantees that the article is original, written by them, has not been previously published, contains no illegal statements, does not infringe on anyone’s rights, and is subject to copyright exclusively held by the author.
  6. If the article has multiple authors, each author must agree to this copyright and license notice, and one author must be authorized to agree to it on behalf of all authors. The JoSC will not be held responsible for any disputes arising among the authors.

License

The Journal of Sustainable Construction (JoSC) is published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0). This license permits anyone to:

  • Share — copy and redistribute the material in any form or format.
  • Adapt — remix, modify and create derivatives of the material for any purpose.

However, it is important to note that:

  • Attribution — appropriate credit must be given, a link to the license provided, and changes indicated. This may be done in any reasonable manner but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses the use.
  • NonCommercial — the material cannot be used for commercial purposes.
  • ShareAlike — if the material is remixed, modified, or used to create derivatives, the contributions must be distributed under the same license as the original.

In conclusion, JoSC is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.