Creative Commons
Creative Commons (CC) is an internationally active, non-profit organisation that provides free licenses for creators to use when making their work freely available to the public. These licenses help creators give permission for others to use their work in advance under various conditions. Creative Commons licenses make it easier for educators to use materials and provide choice and flexibility to the copyright owner in how they share their materials.[10]
Text in the following table was copied from Creative Commons.[11]
Types of Creative Commons Licences
Licence | What you can do under the licence | Your obligations under the licence |
Copy Share: redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially Adapt: remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially. | Attribute: you must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made No additional restrictions: you may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits. | |
Attribution Share Alike (BY SA)
| Copy Share: redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially Adapt: remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially. | Attribute: you must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made Share Alike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original No additional restrictions: you may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits. |
Copy Share: redistribute the material in any medium or formatAdapt: remix, transform, and build upon the material. | Attribute: you must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made Non Commercial: you may not use the material for commercial purposes No additional restrictions: you may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits. | |
Copy Share: redistribute the material in any medium or format Adapt: remix, transform, and build upon the material. | Attribute: you must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made Non Commercial: you may not use the material for commercial purposes Share Alike: if you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original No additional restrictions: you may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits. | |
Copy Share: redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially. | Attribute: you must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made No Derivatives: if you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material No additional restrictions: you may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits. | |
Copy Share: redistribute the material in any medium or format | Attribute: you must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made Non Commercial: you may not use the material for commercial purposes No Derivatives: if you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material No additional restrictions: you may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits. |
