In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.
Q: Contributions were licensed by default under the Creative Commons CC-BY-3.0 license ( which allowed anyone to reuse the material as long as the original author was named ) , but authors were also able to choose the CC-BY-NC-3.0 license ( which prohibits commercial reuse ) or traditional copyright protection instead .
A:
This license allows anyone to reuse the material as long as the original author is named , but authors may choose the CC-BY-NC-3.0 license ( which prohibits commercial reuse ) or traditional " all rights reserved " copyright protections instead .