If I wanted to start my own blog, can I republish my posts?

Absolutely!

When you publish your blog, book reviews, recipes, event calendar, and other content with us, you are doing so under a Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share-alike license.

You are free:

* to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work
* to make derivative works

Under the following conditions:

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Attribution. You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor.

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Noncommercial. You may not use this work for commercial purposes.

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Share Alike. If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under a license identical to this one.

* For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the license terms of this work.

* Any of these conditions can be waived if you get permission from the copyright holder.

What does this mean? In the event you or I get a contract to re-publish your content in any form, we need to get each other's permission.

Other than that, you are free to republish your content in any blog you decide to start. Just make sure we know about it so we can link back to you.