Using RAFT to Freedom materials

Unless otherwise stated, original written material created by RAFT to Freedom is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

This means that you are welcome to copy, share, and adapt RAFT to Freedom materials for non-commercial purposes, provided that you:

Give appropriate credit. Please acknowledge RAFT to Freedom and, where relevant, Dr Cathryn Jacob and Vince Cullen.

Link to the licence. Include a link to the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Indicate changes. Please make clear if you have adapted, shortened, translated, or otherwise changed the material.

Keep it non-commercial. The material may not be used primarily for commercial advantage or monetary compensation. In practice: free use within recovery groups, peer-support meetings, treatment programmes, healthcare settings, and educational contexts is welcome, including recovering reasonable costs such as photocopying. Selling the material, bundling it into a paid product or course, or placing it behind a paywall is not permitted under this licence.

Share alike. If you adapt or build on the material, please make your version available under the same Creative Commons licence.

Suggested attribution

For material shared unchanged:

From RAFT to Freedom by Dr Cathryn Jacob and Vince Cullen (raft2freedom.org), licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

For material you have adapted:

Adapted from materials created by RAFT to Freedom, by Dr Cathryn Jacob and Vince Cullen (raft2freedom.org), licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

What this licence does not cover

This licence applies only to original RAFT to Freedom material where we hold the copyright. It does not automatically apply to:

• quotations from other authors or early Buddhist texts;
• third-party images, photographs, illustrations, videos, audio, logos, or embedded content;
• material reproduced with permission from another source;
• external links or resources referred to on the website.

Please seek permission from the relevant copyright holder before reusing any material that is not clearly identified as RAFT to Freedom content.

Permissions beyond this licence

If you would like to use the material in a way the licence does not cover — for example, in a commercial publication, a paid programme, or an app — please contact us. We are open to conversations about uses that serve people in recovery.

A note on use

RAFT to Freedom materials are offered freely in a spirit of generosity. They are intended to support reflection, learning, and practice, and are not a substitute for medical, psychological, legal, or specialist support. Please see our Disclaimer page for more on this, including guidance on seeking professional and crisis support.

For questions about reuse, adaptation, translation, or permissions, please contact: contact@raft2freedom.org