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- This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work even for commercial purposes, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms. This license is often compared to “copyleft” free and open source software licenses.
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The license allows for commercial use. If you remix, adapt, or build upon the material, you must license the modified material under identical terms. CC BY-SA includes the following elements: BY: credit must be given to the creator. SA: Adaptations must be shared under the same terms.
If you’re not concerned about commercial use or controlling modifications of your work (in fact, you’d love it if people made derivative works based on yours!), then you can use the CC Attribution (CC BY) license.
All CC licenses require that others who use your work in any way must give you credit the way you request, but not in a way that suggests you endorse them or their use. If they want to use your work without giving you credit or for endorsement purposes, they must get your permission first.
Another option is Creative Commons (CC), which are licences that explicitly encourage the free re-use of work. By distributing your work under a Creative Commons licence, you will allow the public to re-use it for free.
- The Licenses and CC0 Are irrevocable.
- You Must Own Or Control Copyright in The work.
- Which Creative Commons License Should I use?
- How Do I Apply A CC License to My Work?
- Giving and Receiving Credit For A Creative Work
- Giving Credit to The Works of Others
- Marking Work Created by Others That You Are Incorporating Into Your Own Work
Irrevocable means a legal agreement that cannot be canceled. That means once you apply a CC license to a work, the CC license applies to the work until the copyright on the work expires. This aspect of CC licensing is highly desirable from the perspective of reusers because they have confidence knowing the creator can’t arbitrarily pull back the ri...
You should control copyright in the work to which you apply the license. For example, you don’t own or control any copyright in a work that is in the public domain, and you don’t own or control the copyright to an Enrique Iglesias song. Further, if you created the material in the scope of your employment, you may not be the holder of the rights and...
The six Creative Commons licenses provide a range of options for creators who want to share their work with the public while still retaining copyright. Creators can determine if they want the public to adapt their works, and if so, on what terms. The best way to decide which license is appropriate for you is to think about why you want to share and...
Once you’ve decided you want to use a CC license and know which license you want to use, applying it is simple. Technically, you just need to indicate which CC license you are applying to your work. However, we strongly recommend including a link (or writing out the CC license URL, if you are working offline) to the relevant CC license deed (e.g., ...
An important aspect of CC licenses is attribution. While we recognize there are different recommended practices among different communities of practice, CC suggests following the “TASL” approach” for attribution practices (both for marking your work, and providing attribution to others): 1. T = Title 2. A = Author (tell reusers who to give credit t...
If you are using the work of others in your own work, you also have to give credit to those works in your own work. When providing attribution, the recommended practice is to mark the work with full TASL information. When you don’t have some of the TASL information about a work, do the best you can and include as much detail as possible in the mark...
Examples in our Best Practices for Attribution wiki: In every case, the goals are the same: you want to make it easy for others to know who created what parts of the work. (1) Identify the terms under which any given work, or part of a work, can be used. (2) Provide information about works you used to create your new work or incorporated into your ...
Sep 3, 2024 · Licensing your work under one of the Creative Commons licenses provides many benefits. You don't have to handle individual permissions requests. Once you've applied one of the Creative Commons licenses to your work, you can refer all potential users to the License Deed.
Creative Commons licenses can be used by any creator to indicate exactly how their work can be used, adapted, and shared by others. As you decide which license to apply to your work, consider: What are your goals in making your work openly available with a CC license?
