Creative Commons
All the content on StoryWeaver is openly licensed under Creative Commons. The license that has been used for all stories and images is the CC BY 4.0 license. This license lets you distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon our work, even commercially, as long as you credit the original creators, StoryWeaver, the publisher of the story, and the donor/funder of the story.
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Attribution Terms
You must leave all copyright and Creative Commons notices placed there by us intact and reproduce them in a way that is reasonable to the medium in which you are republishing the work.
You must cite the original author, illustrator, translator (where applicable), the publisher, and the donor/funder.
You must also cite StoryWeaver as the platform from where the content was taken. It would be nice if you could link back to the original story/image on the platform.
It would be nice to link that name to the person's profile page on SW, if such a page exists. You must cite the work's title or name. Wherever possible do link the name or title directly to the original work.
You must cite the specific Creative Commons license the work is under. It should be CC BY 4.0. And wherever possible do link the license citation links to the license on the Creative Commons website - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
If you are using the PDF of the story in its entirety without ANY modification in terms of design, text or image, the attributions are provided at the end of the PDF and you don’t need to add anything.
If you are adapting the layout of the story for other platforms, textbooks, apps, assessments any other medium and choose to use the story without the attribution pages at the end, please use the attribution line from the Attribution Guidelines Document.
Here is an example of a correct attribution:
<Story title> (language), written by <name of author>, illustrated by <name of illustrator>, supported by <name of donor>, published by <name of Publisher> (© <name of publisher>, <year of publication>) under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in
Do please take a look at the Attribution Guidelines Document for more examples.
Any content that has been readapted or remixed or tweaked in anyway must also mention the license under which it is being released.
For example if you are taking a CC BY work and adapting it under an NC license, you must mention that the readapted work is being released under the CC NC 4.0 license.
We recommend that ideally all the readapted work be released under the same license as the original work.
Here are some possible attribution scenarios with examples
Original Publisher Story:
<Story title> (language), written by <name of author>, illustrated by <name of illustrator>, supported by <name of donor>, published by <name of Publisher> (© <name of publisher>, <year of publication>) under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in
Example: Why Does A Poori Puff Up? (English), written by Varsha Joshi, illustrated by Sonal Gupta, supported by Oracle Giving Initiative, published by Pratham Books (© Pratham Books, 2015) under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in
Digital First Publisher Story:
<Story title> (language), written by <name of author>, illustrated by <name of illustrator>, supported by <name of donor>, published by <name of Publisher> (© <name of publisher>, <year of publication>) under a CC BY 4.0 license, first released on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in
Example: Ammachi's Amazing Machines (English), written by Rajiv Eipe, illustrated by Rajiv Eipe, supported by Oracle, published by Pratham Books (© Pratham Books, 2017) under a CC BY 4.0 license, first released on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in
Translated Publisher Story:
<Story title> (language), based on original story <Original story title> (language), written by <name of author>, illustrated by <name of illustrator>, supported by <name of donor>, published by <name of Publisher> (© <name of publisher>, <year of publication>) under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in
Example: Kempu Raincoat (Kannada), translated by Ravikiran, based on original story The Red Raincoat (English), written by Kiran Kasturia illustrated by Zainab Tambawalla, supported by HDFC Asset Management Company Limited, published by Pratham Books(© Pratham Books, 2015) under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in
UGC Translation of a Publisher Story:
<Story title> (language), translated by <name of translator> (© <name of translator>, <year of publication>), based on original story <Original story title> (language), written by <name of author>, illustrated by <name of illustrator>, supported by <name of donor>, published by <name of Publisher> (© <name of publisher>, <year of publication>) under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in
Example: L'imperméable rouge (French), translated by Sak Untala (© Sak Untala, 2016), based on original story The Red Raincoat (English), written by Kiran Kasturia illustrated by Zainab Tambawalla, supported by HDFC Asset Management Company Limited, published by Pratham Books(© Pratham Books, 2015) under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in
Relevelled Publisher Story:
<Story title> (language), relevelled by <name of releveller> (© <name of releveller>, <year of publication>), based on original story <Original story title> (language), written by <name of author>, illustrated by <name of illustrator>, supported by <name of donor>, published by <name of Publisher> under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in
Example: It's All the Cat's Fault! (English), relevelled by Janani Ganapathi, (© Janani Ganapathi 2016) based on original story It's All the Cat's Fault (English), written by Anushka Ravishankar, illustrated by Priya Kuriyan, published by StoryWeaver, Pratham Books under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in
Derivative of a Derivative:
<Story title> (language), translated by <name of translator> (© <name of translator>, <year of publication>), from <name of story translated from> (language) by <name of author> based on original story <Original story title> (language), written by <name of author>, illustrated by <name of illustrator>, supported by <name of donor>, published by <name of Publisher> under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in
Example: Hundong Laka Landa (Kora), translated by Shanto Kora, (© Shanto Kora, 2016) from Ektunkhani Hashi (Bengali), by Kanika Bandopadhyay based on original story Veh Hans Diyaa (Hindi), written by Sanjiv Jaiswal 'Sanjay' illustrated by Ajit Narayan, published by Pratham Books under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in
Original UGC Story: Single Illustrator
<Story title> (language), written by <name of author>, (© <name of author>, <year of publication>), illustrated by <name of illustrator>, published under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in
Example: Ningalk Enthu Thonnunu (Malayalam), written Deepthi Damodar, (© Deepthi Damodar, 2017), illustrated by Deepthi Damodar, published under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in
Original UGC Story: Multiple Illustrator
<Story title> (language), written by <name of author>, illustrated by <name of illustrator>, published under a (© <name of author>, <year of publication>) CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in
Example: How do you feel? (English), written by Menaka (© Menaka, 2016), and illustrated by Angie & Upesh, Archana Sreenivasa, Greystroke, Jitin Jacob, Madhuri Purandare, Priya Kuriyan, Rijuta Ghate, Soumya Menon, Sukhada Rahalkar, Vartika Sharma, published under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in
Translated UGC Story:
<Story title> (language), translated by <name of translator> (© <name of translator>, <year of publication>), based on original story <Original story title> (language), written by <name of author> (© <name of author>, <year of publication>), illustrated by <name of illustrator>, published under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in
Example: The Way We Think (English), translated by Sherein Bansal, (© Sherein Bansal 2016) based on original story Soch (Hindi), written by Priyanka Wadia (© Priyanka Wadia, 2016) and illustrated by Nishith Mehta, published under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in
Relevelled UGC Story:
<Story title> (language), relevelled by <name of releveller> (© <name of releveller>, <year of publication>), based on original story <Original story title> (language), written by <name of author> (© <name of author>, <year of publication>), illustrated by <name of illustrator>, published under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in
Example: Friendship Land (English), relevelled by Janani Ganapathi, (©Janani Ganapathi, 2017) based on original story Friendship Land (English), written by Janani Ganapath(©Janani Ganapathi, 2016), illustrated by Shailja Jain Chougule, Sweta Roy Choudhury, published under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in
Publisher Illustration:
<Illustration title> by <name of illustrator>, for <Story title> (language), written by <name of author>, supported by <name of donor>, published by <name of Publisher> (© <name of publisher>, <year of publication>) under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in
Example: An angry girl's eyes by Vinayak Varma, for Angry Akku written by Vinayak Varma, supported by Oracle published by Pratham Books (© Pratham Books 2017) under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in
Example: Girl standing on a bed by Tanaya Vyas, for Grandma's Glasses written by Rohini Nilekani, supported by HDFC Asset Management Company Limited published by Pratham Books (© Pratham Books 2015) under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in
UGC Illustration (when used in a story):
<Illustration title> by <name of illustrator> (© <name of illustrator>, <year of publication>), for <Story title> (language), written by <name of author>, published under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in
Example: Rat on balloon by Vinayak Varma (©Vinayak Varma 2015), for When the Wind Blew Today… written by Vinayak Varma, published under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in
UGC Illustration (when not used in a story):
<Illustration title> by <name of illustrator> (© <name of illustrator>, <year of publication>), published under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in
Example: Marina Beach by Pallavi Krishnan (©Pallavi Krishnan 2017), published under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in