In Sustainable Machine Intelligence Journal (SMIJ), authors retain copyright for all published articles. These articles are licensed under the open-access Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license, enabling free download and reading. The license also permits reuse and quoting, with proper citation of the original publication. This arrangement facilitates broad utilization of the work while ensuring authors receive appropriate recognition.

Reproducing Published Material from other Publishers

Authors must obtain permission to reproduce any published material (figures, schemes, tables, or text extracts) not in the public domain or for which they don't hold the copyright. Obtain permission directly from the copyright holder, typically the Publisher (check the publication imprint for details).

Permission is required for:

• Your own works published by other Publishers and for which you did not retain copyright.
• Substantial extracts from anyones' works or a series of works.
• Use of Tables, Graphs, Charts, Schemes and Artworks if they are unaltered or slightly modified.
• Photographs for which you do not hold copyright.

 Permission is not required for:

• Reconstruction of your own table with data already published elsewhere. Please notice that in this case you must cite the source of the data in the form of either "Data from..." or "Adapted from...".
• Reasonably short quotes are considered fair use and therefore do not require permission.
• Graphs, Charts, Schemes and Artworks that are completely redrawn by the authors and significantly changed beyond recognition do not require permission.

Obtaining Permission

To ensure smooth publication, it's important to begin seeking permissions early. If you're unsure about copyright status, seek permission to avoid delays. Sustainable Machine Intelligence Journal (SMIJ) cannot publish material without permission.

The copyright holder may specify how to acknowledge the source. If not, use the format: "Reproduced with permission from [author], [title]; published by [publisher], [year]." Place this at the end of the Table, Figure, or Scheme caption.