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| <mainDescription><p>
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| In the <a class="elementLink" href="./../../../core.mdev.common.extend_umf/guidances/concepts/umf_C03950A8.html"
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| guid="_nrrn4GqHEdun45RPFGeYnA">Unified Method Framework (UMF)</a>, every plug-in must have an associated copyright (and
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| every plug-in can only have one copyright).&nbsp;
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| </p>
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| <p>
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| Copyrights are defined in Release Copyright plug-ins. There is one Release Copyright plug-in per <a class="elementLink"
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| href="./../../../core.mdev.common.base/guidances/termdefinitions/licensing_level_746E1470.html"
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| guid="_47cn8PU3EdyNMvgj607huw">licensing level</a>&nbsp;that contains the copyright elements (defined as supporting
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| material guidance elements) for that level. Every plug-in at a particular licensing level needs to be associated with
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| the copyright for that licensing level. Copyrights are associated to plug-ins as part of the plug-in's definition.
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| </p>
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| <p>
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| If a specific copyright is needed for a specific plug-in, then perform the following to create a specialized copyright:
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| </p>
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| <ol>
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| <li>
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| Define an Extends plug-in for the Release Copyright plug-in at the licensing level of the plug-in requiring the
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| special copyright.
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| In the Extends plug-in, define a supporting material guidance element that extends the copyright element for that
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| licensing level. This results in a new copyright element that looks just like the original copyright element that
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| was extended.&nbsp;
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Also in the Extends plug-in, define a supporting material guidance element that contributes to the extending
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| copyright element and add whatever special copyright information is needed. Now you have a specialized copyright
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| that includes the appropriate copyright&nbsp;information for the licensing level plus the special copyright
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| information.&nbsp;<br />
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| Note: The extending element and the contributing element are both needed. If you add the specialized copyright
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| information to the extending element, then that information would override the text in the original base, and in
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| this case, that is not what we want (we want to add the specialized copyright information to the general licensing
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| level copyright information).&nbsp;By using the extend-contributes pair, you can create a new element that includes
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| the same content as an existing element plus more. For more information on method content variability, see <a
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| class="elementLinkWithType"
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| href="./../../../core.mdev.common.base/guidances/guidelines/using_method_content_variability_DCE37365.html"
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| guid="_8YIMYCNQEdycLddDalDmbA">Guideline: Using Method Content Variability</a>.
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| Associate the specialized copyright to the plug-ins (or individual method elements) that need it (copyrights
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| associated with a plug-in are automatically associated with all elements in the plug-in).
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| </li>
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| </ol>
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| <p>
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| For more information on Release Copyright plug-ins, see <a class="elementLinkWithType"
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| href="./../../../core.mdev.common.base/guidances/concepts/practice_lib_plugin_types_3EA8002F.html"
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| guid="__428YO6cEdygKbJMUVNEtg">Concept: Practice Library Plug-In Types</a>. For more information on Extend plug-ins, <a
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| class="elementLinkWithType"
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| href="./../../../core.mdev.common.base/guidances/concepts/practice_lib_plugin_parts_538A81D.html"
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| guid="_vgjh4PG1EdyO9sYxKNWf8A">Concept: Practice Library Plug-In Parts</a>.
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