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Creative Commons licenses give everyone from individual creators to large institutions a standardized way to grant the public permission to use their creative work under copyright law. From the reuser’s perspective, the presence of a Creative Commons license on a copyrighted work answers the question, What can I do with this work?
A Creative Commons ( CC) license is one of several public copyright licenses that enable the free distribution of an otherwise copyrighted "work". [a] A CC license is used when an author wants to give other people the right to share, use, and build upon a work that the author has created.
How to apply a Creative Commons license? What should I consider? What do the Icons Mean? What if I have other questions? Want to license your work with Creative Commons, but not sure where to start, or which license is right for you? Use our license chooser!
Licenses List. Creative Commons is the nonprofit behind the open licenses and other legal tools that allow creators to share their work. Our legal tools are free to use. Use the license for your own material.
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Learning Outcomes. Name the most important considerations before applying a CC license or CC0. Apply a license using CC’s License Chooser and CC0 using CC’s Public Domain Dedication. Evaluate which license to apply based on relevant factors.
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Creative Commons licenses are not an alternative to copyright. They apply on top of copyright, so you can modify your copyright terms to best suit your needs. We’ve collaborated with copyright experts all around the world to ensure that our licenses work globally. Getting a Creative Commons license is easy. Visit our Web site at ...
Creative Commons licenses are a combination of four principles, listed below. Attribution. All CC licenses require attribution, unless the licensor has distributed the work anonymously or asked that the attribution be removed. TASL is a nice mnemonic for good attribution of CC-licensed material.
