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Copyright and Licensing Policy

For all articles published in Dasmarinas Journal of Sustainable Governance, copyright is retained by the authors. Articles are licensed under an open access Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license.

This license allows anyone to download and read the paper for free, and the article may be reused and quoted provided that the original published version is cited. These conditions allow for maximum use and exposure of the work while ensuring that the authors receive proper credit.

Licensing Exceptions

In exceptional circumstances, articles may be licensed differently.
If you have a specific condition, such as one linked to funding, that does not allow this license, please mention this to the DJSG Managing Editorial.
Exceptions will be granted at the discretion of the publisher.

Reproducing Published Material from Other Publishers

Authors must obtain permission to reproduce any published material, such as figures, schemes, tables, or extracts of text, that does not fall into the public domain or that they do not own.
Permission should be requested by the authors from the copyright holder, usually the publisher.
Permission is required for your own works published by other publishers if you did not retain copyright, substantial extracts from anyone's works or series of works, use of tables, graphs, charts, schemes, and artworks if they are unaltered or slightly modified, and photographs for which you do not hold copyright.
Permission is not required for reconstruction of your own table with data already published elsewhere, reasonably short quotes considered fair use, or graphs, charts, schemes, and artworks that are completely redrawn by the authors and significantly changed beyond recognition.

Obtaining Permission

To avoid unnecessary delays in the publication process, permission requests should be started as early as possible.
If in any doubt about copyright, apply for permission. DJSG cannot publish material from other publications without permission.
The copyright holder may give instructions on the form of acknowledgement to be followed; otherwise, use a caption such as: Reproduced with permission from [author], [book/journal title]; published by [publisher], [year].
Any other materials on this website, including text, code, artwork, photographs, images, music, audio material, video material, and audiovisual material, are owned by Dasmarinas Journal of Sustainable Governance, City of Dasmarinas, Kolehiyo ng Lungsod ng Dasmarinas, and its licensors.