Licence & Copyright

SIVITAS Journal (SVS) allow the author(s) to hold the copyright without restrictions and allow the author(s) to retain publishing rights without restrictions

SIVITAS Journal (SVS) have CC-BY or an equivalent license as the optimal license for the publication, distribution, use, and reuse of scholarly work.

In developing the strategy and setting priorities, SIVITAS Journal (SVS) recognize that free access is better than priced access, libre access is better than free access, and libre under CC-BY or the equivalent is better than libre under more restrictive open licenses. We should achieve what we can when we can. We should not delay achieving free in order to achieve libre, and we should not stop with free when we can achieve libre.

SIVITAS Journal (SVS) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

You are free to:

  • Adapt remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.
  • The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.