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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International

The Vertical Mill Mastery Wiki Book is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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"Vertical Mill Mastery Wiki Book" by Johanness A. Nilsson is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Original source: https://github.com/JoNilsson/vertical-mill-mastery-wikibook

Why This License?

The CC BY-SA 4.0 license was chosen to:

  1. Preserve knowledge - Ensure machining wisdom remains freely accessible
  2. Enable sharing - Allow educators and shops to use and adapt the content
  3. Encourage contributions - Let the community improve and expand the work
  4. Maintain openness - Require derivative works to remain open

This aligns with the wiki philosophy: knowledge should be freely shared, collectively improved, and preserved for future generations of machinists.