MATHEMATICS FOR MEASUREMENT TERMS OF USE

                The Mathematics For Measurement materials we ( Mary Parker and Hunter Ellinger) developed are copyrighted by us (2001-2009), but are available for use and extension by others under a Creative Commons Attribution - Share-Alike United States license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ) That web page explains the terms of this license and below explains the attitude of the authors toward use of these materials.

1. Ideas are free:  Part of the value of these materials is in the overall idea of organizing a course around the mathematical aspects of basic measurement processes, as well as a variety of specific ideas about the sequence and arrangement of topics.  Ideas are not subject to copyright, so you do not need permission from us or anyone else to use them in your own teaching or writing.  You also do not need to attribute ideas to us just because you read them here and use them later – most useful ideas come from multiple sources, and we have drawn ideas freely from several different spheres of activity.
   
   
2. Words have authors:  (Attribution) We are glad for you to make verbatim or derivative use of the instructional materials we have posted on this site, provided that you provide each user a statement acknowledging that some of the materials you have supplied them come from us via a license, and show this site’s URL.  You do not need to label each particular use – users can look at this site if they want to see which part we wrote.  An example of a proper acknowledgement is “Portions of the materials used in this course were supplied by Mary Parker and Hunter Ellinger under a Creative Commons license CC-BY-SA (details at http://www.austincc.edu/mparker/mfm/).”
   
   
3. Adaptations are encouraged, to be distributed under the same conditions (Share-Alike):  Although the module set is now complete for the “math for practical arts” course where they are being used, significant adaptation may be needed for use with other audiences (e.g., secondary-school students) or as part of other courses (e.g., math for liberal arts).  Even for use in a similar course, instructors may wish to omit, add, or rearrange material.  It is our hope that others will lead such efforts, changing and adding to our materials as they think appropriate.  We make no claims on the additions in such derivative works. The "Share Alike" portion of the license means that if you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same, similar, or a comparable license.
   
   
4. Feedback is helpful:  Whenever instructors using these materials tell us about their experiences, we will pass their ideas along to other users and consider them when making revisions.  If we are sent copies of adaptations of these materials, we will provide feedback on them.  We also welcome ideas on how broader dissemination of this approach might be accomplished.

Mary Parker, mparker@austincc.edu

Hunter Ellinger, hunter@ellinger.org