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You can photocopy, print and distribute it as often as you like. You can download it onto your mobile phone, iPad, PC or flashdrive. You can burn it to CD, email it around or upload it to your website.  \nThe only restriction is that you cannot change this book, its cover or content in any way.  \nFor more information, about the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-ND 3 . 0) license, see [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/)[ ](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/)[by-nd/3.0/](by-nd/3.0/)  \nThe Thunderbolt Kids characters were originally created as part of the Kusasa project ([www.kusasa.org](www.kusasa.org)), a Shuttleworth Foundation initiative. The Shuttleworth Foundation granted permission for the use of these characters and related artwork.  \nAUTHORS LIST  \nThis book was written by Siyavula and volunteer educators, academics and students. Siyavula believes in the power of community and collaboration. By training volunteers, helping them network across the country, encouraging them to work together and using the technology available, the vision is to create and use open educational resources to transform the way we teach and learn, especially in South Africa. 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