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Creative Commons

Creative Commons is an international organisation that allows creators to license their work in a number of different ways depending on how they would like their work to be used legally.


This system can be used to give others the opportunity to ‘remix’ your work and create something new. This system of licensing is separate from the aforementioned Australian copyright law, but may be worth using if you would like to be more specific about how your work is used by others. 

There are several different licensing methods used under the Creative Commons system as follows:

Attribution

CC BY

This licence lets others distribute, remix and build upon a work, even commercially, as long as they credit the original creator/s (and any other nominated parties). This is the most accommodating of the licences in terms of what others can do with the work.

 

Attribution-Share Alike

CC BY-SA

This licence lets others distribute, remix and build upon the work, even for commercial purposes, as long as they credit the original creator/s (and any other nominated parties). New users must also license any new creations derived from the original work using the same attribution-share alike license. This license is often compared to the free software licences, known as ‘copyleft.’

 

Attribution-No Derivative Works

CC BY-ND

This licence allows others to distribute the work, even for commercial purposes, as long as the work is unchanged, and the original creator/s (and any other nominated parties) are credited.

Attribution-Non Commercial 

CC BY-NC

This licence lets others distribute, remix and build upon the work, but only if it is for non-commercial purposes and they credit the original creator/s (and any other nominated parties).

 

Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike

CC BY-NC-SA

This licence lets others distribute, remix and build upon the work, but only if it is for non-commercial purposes, they credit the original creator/s (and any other nominated parties) and they licence their derivative works under the same terms.

 

Attribution-Noncommercial- No Derivatives

CC BY-NC-ND

This licence is the most restrictive of the six main licences, allowing redistribution of the work in its current form only. This licence is often called the ‘free advertising’ licence because it allows others to download and share the work as long as they credit the original creator/s (and any other nominated parties), they don’t change the material in any way and they don’t use it commercially.

 

Creative Commons: An Acknowledgement 

Please note, the above information about Creative Commons Licenses has been taken from the Creative Commons website where it is under an Atrribution license.

We acknowledge the orginal author of the preceding Creative Commons text as: Creative Commons Australia.


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