Copyright and License

1. Copyright Ownership

Tepak Sirih: Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat Madani applies an author-retained copyright policy. Authors retain the copyright of their published articles and do not transfer copyright ownership to the journal or its publisher as a condition of publication.

By accepting publication, authors grant the journal the right of first publication and a non-exclusive right to publish, reproduce, distribute, archive, and make the article publicly available as part of the scholarly record.

2. License

All articles published in Tepak Sirih: Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat Madani are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0), unless a different license is explicitly indicated for a particular article.

Under this license, readers are permitted to:

• Share: copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
• Adapt: remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, including commercial purposes.

These permissions are subject to the following conditions:

• Attribution: appropriate credit must be given to the author(s), a link to the license must be provided, and any modifications must be indicated.
• ShareAlike: adaptations must be distributed under the same license or a compatible one.
• No additional restrictions: users must not apply legal terms or technological measures that restrict the rights granted by the license.

The full license is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

3. Author Rights and Responsibilities

Authors may reuse, share, and deposit their published articles in institutional or subject repositories or on their own website, subject to the applicable license and third-party rights, and may incorporate the work into teaching materials and other publications, provided the original publication in the journal is properly acknowledged.

Authors are responsible for obtaining the necessary permissions for third-party materials and participant images, and for ensuring that all co-authors have agreed to publication.

4. Third-Party Materials

Materials belonging to third parties, including photographs of community members, may be subject to separate copyright, consent, or licensing conditions. Authors must obtain permission from the relevant rights holders and participants where required. The CC BY-SA 4.0 license does not automatically override independent third-party rights.