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Copying (Duplicating) Articles:
Molecular Vision articles may be freely copied, in whole or in part, for the purposes of education or research provided that (1) the copies include complete bibliographical information for the article, (2) the copied material is not republished, and (3) the copies are not sold.
Republication Requests:
For noncommercial use, permission to republish specific material is not required if the following procedures are followed. To wit: Republished material must include a citation to the original work in Molecular Vision and must not be changed from the original. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ for license terms.
Articles authored by a student may be reproduced for inclusion in the student's thesis or dissertation, whether in an online repository at the student's institution or through a commercial service used by the student's institution. Such republications must include a citation to the original work in Molecular Vision and must not be changed from the original. They do not require further permissions from Molecular Vision for republication in a thesis or dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for an advanced scholarly degree. CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ for license terms) applies to derivative works other than the thesis or dissertation.
Commercial publishers shall ask permission from Molecular Vision to republish parts of an article. Specific directions are online at Commercial Permissions. The publisher also shall ask permission of The Authors directly.
Linking to Molecular Vision:
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