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<li> <li>
<h2>Videos and Ungraded Exercises</h2> <h2>Videos and Exercises</h2>
<p><a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/3.0/80x15.png" /></a><br />The videos on this page are licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License</a>.</p> <p> Copyright &copy; 2012 MIT. All rights reserved. In order to
</li> further MIT's goal of making education accessible and affordable
to the world, MIT is planning to make <i>MITx</i> course content
<li> available under open source licenses.
<h2>Graded Exercises</h2> </p>
<p>Graded exercises are All Rights Reserved until the due date. Past the due date, they are licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License</a>.</p>
</li> </li>
<li> <li>
<h2>Textbook</h2> <h2>Textbook</h2>
<p>Textbook is All Rights Reserved Elsevier. We are using it with permission. We apologize for the inclusion of proprietary work. </p> <p> Copyright &copy; 2005 Elsevier Inc. All Rights
Reserved. Used with permission. While our goal is to build
courses with as much free and open content as possible, we
apologize that we do not have the ability to do so
entirely. </p>
</li> </li>
<li> <li>
<h2>Student-generated content</h2> <h2>Student-generated content</h2>
<td>Due to privacy concerns, all forum posts, wiki etc, and other student-created works are All Rights Reserved until released otherwise by MIT. </td></li> <td>Copyright &copy; 2012. All Rights Reserved. Due to privacy
concerns, we do not know what portion of these will be released
<li> under open licenses. </td></li>
<h2>Source Code</h2>
<p>Source code is All Rights Reserved during the beta offering. We expect to release it under a free and open license shortly thereafter. </p>
</li>
</ul> </ul>
<p>MIT and MITx are trademarks of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and may not be used without permission.</p> <p>MIT and <i>MITx</i> are trademarks of the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, and may not be used without permission.</p>
</div> </div>
</section> </section>
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<section class="honor-code"> <section class="honor-code">
<div> <div>
<h1> Honor Code </h1> <h1> Collaboration Policy </h1>
<p> By enrolling in a course on <i>MITx</i>, you are joining a
special worldwide community of learners. The aspiration
of <i>MITx</i> is to provide anyone in the world who has the
motivation and ability to engage MIT coursework the opportunity
to attain the best MIT-based educational experience that
Internet technology enables. You are part of the community who
will help <i>MITx</i> achieve this goal.
<p> <i>MITx</i> depends upon your motivation to learn the material
and to do so with honesty. In order to participate
in <i>MITx</i>, you must agree to the Honor Code below and any
additional terms specific to a class. This Honor Code, and any
additional terms, will be posted on each class website.
<div style="color:darkred;">
<h2> <i>MITx</i> Honor Code Pledge</h2>
<p> By enrolling in an <i>MITx</i> course, I agree that I will:
<ul>
<li> Complete all mid-terms and final exams with my own work
and only my own work. I will not submit the work of any
other person.
<li> Maintain only one user account and not let anyone else
use my username and/or password.
<li> Not engage in any activity that would dishonestly improve
my results, or improve or hurt the results of others.
<li> Not post answers to problems that are being used to
assess student performance.
</ul>
</div>
<p> Unless otherwise indicated by the instructor of an <i>MITx</i>
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<ul> <ul>
<li> I agree to not engage in any activities that would dishonestly improve my results, or improve or hurt those of others.</li> <li> Collaborate with others on the lecture videos, exercises,
<li> I agree to never post answers to problems.</li> homework and labs.
<li> I agree to maintain only one account.</li> <li> Discuss with others general concepts and materials in
each course.
<li> Present ideas and written work to fellow <i>MITx</i>
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</section> </section>
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<section class="tos"> <section class="tos">
<div> <div>
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<p><strong>Effective Date:</strong> January 30, 2012</p><div>
</div>
</section> </section>
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