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<!-- Gregorian Archives Texts Editing (GATE) is a collaborative project contributed by many volunteers who offer their time and work without being paid. Anyone with Internet access can ask for an account and start a collaboration extended to all the initiatives hosted on this platform. However in certain cases editing of pages may be restricted to prevent disruption and/or vandalism.
  
Please note that all contributions to Transcribe Bentham Transcription Desk may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource. Do not submit copyrighted work without permission.
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It is important to remember that all contributions to GATE may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors or by administrators. If you are not comfortable with this practice, we invite you to carefully think about contributing to GATE. Your contribution to GATE must be original or copied from a public domain or similar free sources. Remember to always cite your sources and, more important, do not submit copyrighted work without permission.
  
Several mechanisms are in place to help transcribers carry out the important work of crafting a high-quality resource while maintaining civility. The administrators can temporarily or permanently ban users who fail to work with others in a civil manner. Transcribers should always endeavour to treat each other with consideration and respect. Transcribers should behave politely, calmly and reasonably, in order to keep the focus on improving the resource and to help maintain a pleasant editing environment. Please do not use the site to advertise for commercial purposes.
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The administrators can temporarily or permanently ban users who fail to work with others in a civil manner. Contributors should always endeavour to treat each other with consideration and respect. Contributors should behave politely, calmly and reasonably, in order to keep the focus on improving the resource and to help maintain a pleasant editing environment. Please do not use the site to advertise for commercial purposes.
  
Transcribe Bentham is an Open Access initiative. For the purpose of UK Legislation, copyright for all images resides with UCL (University College London). All transcripts submitted to Transcribe Bentham are considered to be released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported licence.
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All contributions submitted to GATE are considered to be released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported licence.
  
 
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