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Permissions for Albert Einstein’s Writings
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Good Sense Principles
- Ideas, themes, and facts are not copyrightable.
- Limit your borrowing, both quantitatively and qualitatively.
- Avoid uses that replace the original.
- Keep the borrowed portion as insignificant as possible a part of the new work.