Creative Commons Licenses
Creative Commons Licenses are free standard licenses that allow copyright holders to easily grant rights to use their work to the public.
Types of Licenses
The non-profit organization Creative Commons offers 6 different licenses. You can combine them according to the modular principle:
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Attribution | You may reproduce, distribute, make publicly available, modify and commercially exploit the work. |
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Attribution |
One may reproduce, distribute, make publicly available, modify and commercially exploit the work, but must share it under the same conditions. |
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Attribution |
One may reproduce, distribute, make publicly available and commercially exploit the work, but not modify it. |
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Attribution |
One may reproduce, distribute, make publicly available and modify the work, but not use it commercially. |
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Attribution Non-commercial Share alike |
One may reproduce, distribute, make publicly available and modify the work, but not use it commercially, and must share it under the same conditions. |
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Attribution Non-commercial No derivatives |
One may reproduce, distribute and make the work publicly available, but not use it commercially or modify it. |
You can find more info at: www.creativecommons.org
How Do I Create CC Licenses?
- First, determine the copyright. Only as the copyright owner can you license your work freely.
- Determine if you are using other works that are also licensed and restrict you in your choice of licenses (e.g. -SA- additions of CC licenses).
- Choose a CC license, e.g. with the License Chooser. We recommend open licenses, such as CC0 and CC-BY.
- Write a short text on your work (e.g. on the title page). For example:
This work is licensed under a CC-BY 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Important are: The name of the license and the link to the license text.
Alternatives
- You save this text in a separate text document (e.g. license.txt) and upload it with the publication.
- You select a preset license in a repository when you upload your work.
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