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What is Creative Commons?

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Creative Commons is a nonprofit organisation that has developed a license system allowing creators to distribute their work in various ways. The licenses are defined according to four different conditions:

BY Attribution. The name of the creator must be mentioned in connection with the work.

 NC NonCommercial. The work can not be used for commercial purposes.

 ND NoDerivatives. The work can not be changed or modified.

 SA ShareAlike. A modified work must be distributed with the same license as the original.

Source: Creative Commons Licenses / Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0)

Creative Commons licenses

The four Creative Commons conditions can be combined into six different Creative Commons licenses of which three are commercial and three non-commercial. Click on the link to the license for more information.

Commercial use Non-commercial use

 CC BY (license)

  • Name of the creator must be mentioned

  CC BY-NC (license)

  • Name of the creator must be mentioned
  • The work can not be used for commercial purposes

 CC BY-SA (license)

  • Name of the creator must be mentioned
  • A modified work must be distributed with the same license

 CC BY-NC-SA (license)

  • Name of the creator must be mentioned
  • The work can not be used for commercial purposes
  • A modified work must be distributed with the same license

 CC BY-ND (license)

  • Name of the creator must be mentioned
  • ​The work can not be modified

 CC BY-NC-ND (license)

  • Name of the creator must be mentioned
  • The work can not be used for commercial purposes
  • The work can not be modified

Source: Creative Commons Licences at Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0)

Choosing a Creative Commons license

Photo: Petra Boije (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Creative Commons in practice

How to use a CC licensed work:

  • Mention the creator
  • Name the work if necessary
  • Add a link to the work if possible
  • Add a link to the CC license used
  • Keep possible copyright notices
  • If you modify the work, mention how (provided that the CC license allows modifying)

Source: För att använda CC material at Creative Commons Sverige (CC BY 2.5 SE)

Creative Commons search

Photo: CC on Orange by Yamashita Yohei (CC BY 2.0)

In this search box you can search for different CC licensed material.

Remember to always follow the link to the original source to make sure that the work really is CC licensed!

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