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Each article’s landing page and full-text version will identify its authors as copyright holders and state CC BY 4.0 with a link to the licence. Authors may share their work and deposit it in repositories as described in Preservation and Self-Archiving.
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Historical articles, covers and logos are not automatically relicensed. Website branding is distinct from the licensed article content. A rights statement on a historical item takes precedence over any general description of the relaunch licence.
Rights queries: info@gretajournal.com. See also Publication Ethics and Malpractice.