Creative Commons
The Create Commons website is the tool for creators to use to refine the copyright we all automatically receive when we create something and make define how they want their creation to be used by others. It is also a way for people to see what works are available and how the can use the correctly according to the license the creator has on their creation. Creative Commons offers 6 different licenses depending on the types of rights you want to be put with your creations.
First there is the "Attribution" license which allows users to to modify the creators works and distribute them as long as the original works are sited. this licenses is one of the more accommodating licenses offered.
Next there is the "Share Alike" license which is similar to the Attribution license in that the user may modify the original works but when citing and crediting, the original creator is credited for the modified product and that product is licensed using Share Alike terms.
The "Attribution No Derivatives" license is way more restricting than the previous two. The user may redistribute the original work as long as it is credited to the creator and remains exactly as the creator made it and is used in whole.
"Attribution Non-Commercial" license allows the user to modify the work non-commercially as long as the creator is acknowledged. With this license the new product doesn't not have to licensed under the same terms as the original work.
"Attribution Non- Commercial Share Alike" license combines many terms of previous licenses in that others may modify original work non-commercially as long as the creator is credited AND the new product is licensed under the same terms.
"Attribution Non- Commercial No Derivativeness" license is the most restrictive of the licenses because it only allows the user to redistribute the work non-commercially and must credit the creator.
First there is the "Attribution" license which allows users to to modify the creators works and distribute them as long as the original works are sited. this licenses is one of the more accommodating licenses offered.
Next there is the "Share Alike" license which is similar to the Attribution license in that the user may modify the original works but when citing and crediting, the original creator is credited for the modified product and that product is licensed using Share Alike terms.
The "Attribution No Derivatives" license is way more restricting than the previous two. The user may redistribute the original work as long as it is credited to the creator and remains exactly as the creator made it and is used in whole.
"Attribution Non-Commercial" license allows the user to modify the work non-commercially as long as the creator is acknowledged. With this license the new product doesn't not have to licensed under the same terms as the original work.
"Attribution Non- Commercial Share Alike" license combines many terms of previous licenses in that others may modify original work non-commercially as long as the creator is credited AND the new product is licensed under the same terms.
"Attribution Non- Commercial No Derivativeness" license is the most restrictive of the licenses because it only allows the user to redistribute the work non-commercially and must credit the creator.
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