# License

The **ICOA Starter Guide** is an adaptation of the **CTF Primer** by picoCTF
(Carnegie Mellon University). Both the original work and this adaptation are
licensed under:

## Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Full license text: <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode>

### Summary (not a substitute for the full license)

You are free to:

- **Share** — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
- **Adapt** — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose,
  even commercially.

Under the following terms:

- **Attribution** — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the
  license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable
  manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your
  use.
- **ShareAlike** — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you
  must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.
- **No additional restrictions** — You may not apply legal terms or
  technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the
  license permits.

### Attribution for this work

```
"ICOA Starter Guide" is adapted from "CTF Primer" by picoCTF (Carnegie Mellon
University), used under CC BY-SA 4.0. "ICOA Starter Guide" is licensed under
CC BY-SA 4.0 by the ICOA 2026 organising team.
```

Original source: <https://github.com/picoCTF/ctf-primer>

Original authors: Samuel Sabogal Pardo, Jeffery John, Luke Jones, and
contributors to the picoCTF community.