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Creative Commons
Licenses Explained
More Permissions CC0 is a public domain dedication. It means that no
attribution or credit for the original author is needed. You can
adapt it any way you wish and even use it commercially.
CC BY means that you must give credit (attribution)
to the original author. You can adapt and use it commercially
if you wish. However, attribution is not negotiable.
CC BY-SA is a CC BY license plus “Share Alike.”
This means that you must attribute it and share any
adaptations you make with the same CC BY-SA license.
CC BY-NC is CC BY plus “Non-Commercial” which means
that you can use it with attribution, you can adapt it, but you
cannot sell it or profit from it except to recuperate costs of
printing for example.
CC BY-NC-SA is CC BY plus “Non-Commercial” plus
“Share Alike” which means that you can use it with
attribution, you can adapt it, but you cannot sell it or profit from
it and you must share it again using CC BY-NC-SA.
CC BY-ND is CC BY plus “No Derivatives” which means
that you can use it with attribution but you cannot adapt it.
CC BY-NC-ND is CC BY plus “Non-Commercial” plus
“No Derivatives” meaning you can use it with attribution,
you cannot adapt it, and you cannot sell it or profit from it
except to recuperate costs of printing for example.
Fewer Permissions
“Creative Commons Licenses Explained” by eCampusOntario is shared under
a CC BY 4.0 International license.