Creative Commons is an organization that has developed several licenses to allow for creators to share and distribute their content openly while still getting attribution for their work. There are various forms of Creative Commons licences and are essential for Open Access publishing.
Creative Commons licence types
Here you can find a brief overview of the six Creative Commons licences, follow the heading links to find detailed information on the specific licence and how they are used:
CC BY
Creative Commons Attribution means that the article or content is freely able to be reused. The author or creator must be named when using their content.
CC BY-NC
Creative Commons -Attribution and Non-commercial allows anyone to reuse the content but the authors must be attributed, and the content cannot be used for commercial purpose.
CC BY-ND
Creative Commons Attribution and No Derivatives, means the authors of the content must be attributed but the reuse of the content must be used in the original form as the author/creator intended for release. In this case, the authors must give permission for the article or work to be reused.
CC BY-NC-ND
Creative Commons Attribution, Non-commercial and No Derivatives. This means the author/creator of the content must be attributed, the content cannot be reused for commercial purposes, and the content can only be used in the original form where the author/creator’s permission must be given.
CC BY-NC-SA
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerical-ShareALike. The author/creator’s content should be attributed, the content cannot be used for commercial purposes, and the content can be copied and redistributed upon, transformed, etc.
CC BY-SA
Creative Commons Attribution, ShareAlike. The author/creators of the content should be attributed and the content can be copied and redistributed, built upon, transformed etc.
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