Creative Commomns Licenses

The Creative Commons licensing system allows for a more flexible management of the exclusive rights offered by copyright law, giving the creators the ability to choose the kinds of protections and freedoms that will govern the use of their work.

 

It is often a misconception that Creative Commons is the opposite to copyright. Creative Commons can be thought of as a management solution for your copyright rights – every right you have as a result of being a copyright holder, you will have if you license work in terms of a Creative Commons license. The true opposite to copyright is public domain. Materials that are in the public domain are not covered by any intellectual property rights and offers the creator of the materials no protection.

 

Creative Commons licensing consists of 6 key licenses which consists of 4 main terms, namely, attribution, non-commercial, no derivative works and share alike. The graphic below briefly explains each term:

Attribution

No Derivative Works

Share Alike

Non-Commercial

 

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