開放資料授權協議

《粵典》部份內容會用以下嘅授權協議開放俾公眾使用。呢啲內容嘅版權持有人係《香港辭書有限公司》。(如果字典內容屬於開放資料，網頁版面會有相應標示。)

《非商業開放資料授權協議 1.0》
（此粵文版本僅供參考，一切以英文版作準）

本產品「就係咁」(as-is) 提供畀你，冇任何品質或安全保證。使用上帶嚟嘅一切後
果，版權持有人同作者都恕不負責。

你獲授權複製、修改、借用、改寫、出版、翻譯、二次創作、發佈、再分發、演出、
展示、或以其他方式使用本產品。前提係：
－　任何發佈都要包括英文版嘅版權告示、免責聲明；
－　任何發佈都要包括《特別鳴謝》名單；
－　如果本產品作由版權持有人嘅網頁得到，發布要標示網頁連結；
－　如果你發佈一個URL入面嘅內容，咁你可以選擇喺發佈物嗰度標示以下告示，而唔需要遵從上面三個發布嘅條款：
　　　　"版權持有人以《Non-Commercial Open Data License》授權發佈：http://the.URL/path"。
　　（以上告示嘅URL，要改成含有所發佈內容嘅 URL。）
－　未經書面許可，你唔可以用作者或者授權人嘅名去推薦或者推廣本產品嘅衍生作品；
－　你唔可以向其他人再授權本產品嘅任何部份；
－　除咗特別批准，你唔可以用本產品做商業用途。

商業用途包（但不止於）括以下各種情況：
－　用本產品去收取網上嘅廣告費；
－　將本產品當做增值服務去賣；
－　出版本產品去獲取利益；
－　教授一個建基於本產品嘅課程，並獲取利益；
－　表演本產品或者產品嘅二次創作，從而獲取利益；
－　任何商業環境下受版權法保護嘅使用、複製或發佈，無論呢種使用係唔係關乎「核心」業務。

係咪商業用途，同賺蝕無關，亦都同使用嘅目的(例如教學、公益、慈善)無關。

下列情況可以豁免「商業用途」嘅限制：
－　你同授權者之間有其他協議；
－　你嘗試聯絡授權人，但係授權人無法喺合理期間（六個月內）回覆；
－　本產品出版超過十年後，當年（即十年前）出版嘅版本受豁免
－　美國法律認可嘅合理使用（Fair use)。
－　如果你係獨資，而且收入低於你所處地區嘅入息中位數三倍以下（如果你日後你收入
　　超過呢個數字，你須同授權者再傾個別協議）；

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