# License

This repository uses a mixed-license model.

## Book Text and Original Curriculum Content

Unless otherwise noted, the original book text, curriculum prose, chapter content, templates, and other original non-code instructional materials in this repository are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

License: [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

You are free to:

- share the material in any medium or format,
- adapt, remix, transform, and build upon the material,
- use the material for any purpose, including commercial use,

provided that you give appropriate attribution, provide a link to the license, and indicate whether changes were made.

## Code

Unless otherwise noted, original source code in this repository is licensed under the MIT License.

This includes, for example:

- Python source files,
- scripts,
- package code under `packages/`,
- other original software artifacts whose primary purpose is execution rather than prose presentation.

MIT License

Copyright (c) Shane M. Wilkins

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
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SOFTWARE.

## Third-Party Material Carveout

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Those materials are not relicensed by this file.
Where third-party material appears, follow the attribution, rights, and license information given in the local credit or source note.

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## Attribution Guidance

When reusing or adapting the book text or curriculum materials, provide attribution in a reasonable manner.

Recommended attribution form:

> Shane M. Wilkins, *Modern Process Improvement with Python*, adapted from the original project at [github.com/shanewilkins/modern-process-improvement](https://github.com/shanewilkins/modern-process-improvement), licensed under CC BY 4.0.

If you modify the material, indicate that changes were made.

## No Additional Trademark or Endorsement Grant

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You may not imply that the original author endorses your adaptation, derivative curriculum, or training unless you have separate permission to do so.