Anatomy of a CC License How to CC

Anatomy of a CC License How to CC license a work 6 creative commons licenses 3 layers of CC licenses The commons deed listing key terms of the legal code in plain language, stating the user rights, requirements and notices for people and links to its legal code. ‘Lawyer readable’ and legally enforceable terms and conditions, including definitions, scope of license grant and other rights, license conditions (e. g. attribution requirements), Sui Generis database rights, disclaimer of warranties and limitation of liability, term and termination, other terms and conditions, and interpretation. 4 license elements BY NC Freedoms for the public increase ‘CC Rights Expression Language’ coded for web services and websites, enabling search engines to find CC licensed works Attribution Exceptions and limitations to copyright & CC licenses & public domain Non. Commercial SA Share. Alike ND No. Derivatives No CC license limits uses permitted by exceptions and limitations of copyright and similar rights. These exceptions may be different among all jurisdictions. For example, a BY-NC-ND work can be used for a criticism included in a commercial publication since it is a fair use in US. No copyright, no CC licenses. No works in public domain can be CC licensed. When copyright owner wants to license their works to public domain, Creative Commons Dedication (CC 0) can be used. CC 0 means ‘no rights reserved’. CC licenses reserve some copyrights and related and neighboring rights. If a work is unknown of any copyright restriction, anyone can mark it using Public Domain Mark. Please see more information on the webpage, considerations for licensors and licensees (https: //creativecommons. org/share-your-work/licensing-considerations/version 4/), by Creative Commons.