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.
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                    “Creative Commons Licenses Explained” by eCampusOntario is shared under
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