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C

Citation

It is a reference to a text or part of a text identifying the document in which it may be found.


Citation Index

It is a bibliographic tool in print or electronic format that lists all referenced or cited source items published in a given time span.


Copyleft

An arrangement whereby software or artistic work may be used, modified, and distributed freely on condition that anything derived from it is bound by the same conditions.


Creative Commons license

It is one of the several public copyright licenses that enable the free distribution of an otherwise copyrighted work. A CC license is used when an author wants to give people the right to share, use and build upon a work that they have created.