From 967b62ac379735655c84e27a04960cd862ef279c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rtw68 <rtw68@cornell.edu>
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2023 14:01:36 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] cc language

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 .../cc-license/submission-section-cc-licenses.component.html  | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/app/submission/sections/cc-license/submission-section-cc-licenses.component.html b/src/app/submission/sections/cc-license/submission-section-cc-licenses.component.html
index b0f547271fe..1a250d33419 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/sections/cc-license/submission-section-cc-licenses.component.html
+++ b/src/app/submission/sections/cc-license/submission-section-cc-licenses.component.html
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
   <div>
     <strong>Creative Commons licenses govern what people who read your work may then do with it.</strong>
     <br>
-    <br>Add a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/">Creative Commons</a> license to your item by using the "Select a license type..." dropdown below.  Your CC license will be selected based on your responses once you select "Next".<br />
-    <br>After answering the questions, to view which license was assigned, use the "Previous" button or select "Creative Commons" from the green progress bar. For more information on Creative Commons licenses, and to preview the license that will result from your answers to the license selection questions, see our <a href="https://guides.library.cornell.edu/ecommons/copyright">help on Copyright and Intellectual Property</a>.<br>
+    <br>Add a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/">Creative Commons</a> license to your item by using the "Select a license type..." dropdown below.  Your CC license will be selected based on your responses once you select "Next". If you wish to abstain from assigning a Creative Commons license, please skip this section and do not select an option from the drop-down below.<br />
+    <br>For more information on Creative Commons licenses, and to preview the license that will result from your answers to the license selection questions, see our <a href="https://guides.library.cornell.edu/ecommons/copyright">help on Copyright and Intellectual Property</a>.<br>
     <br>If you choose to apply a Creative Commons license to your work, we also recommend that you <a href="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Marking_your_work_with_a_CC_license">include the license you select within the work itself</a>.<br>
     <br>To add a CC0 / Public Domain dedication to your work, select CC0 from the list below.<br>
     <br>For additional information, please see <a href="http://guides.library.cornell.edu/ecommons/copyright">Copyright and intellectual property concerns for eCommons users</a>.<br>