Creative Commons license
Creative Commons is a non-profit organization defining set of predefined licenses, which can be used to define which rights author wish to retain and which to give up.
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Attribution (BY) defines that original author must be credited with the copied or derived work. This is part of all CC licenses. |
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NonCommercial (NC) defines that work can be used only for non-commercial purposes. |
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NoDerivs (ND) defines, that the work can be copied only unaltered, no one is allowed to derive works from the original work. |
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ShareAlike (SA) defines, that derived work must be shared under exactly the same license, under which it was obtained. |
Following six combinations are available: | |
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CC-BY Creative Commons Attribution License - work can be freely copied and altered by anyone, but the original author must be credited with the derived work. |
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CC-BY-NC Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial License - work can be freely copied and altered only for non-commercial purposes. Original author must be credited. |
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CC-BY-ND Creative Commons Attribution NoDerivs License - work can be freely copied, must must not be altered. Original author must be credited. |
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CC-BY-SA Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike License - work can be freely copied and altered, but must be shared under the same license in which it was obtained. Original author must be credited. |
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CC-BY-NC-SD Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivs License - work can be used only for non-commercial purposes and it must not be altered. Original author must be credited. |
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CC-BY-NC-SA Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike License - work can be freely used for any non-commercial purposes, but must be shared under the original license under which it was obtained. Original author must be credited. |
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