Edited by Ian Luxford, Thursday, 4 Apr 2013, 20:49
Creative Commons Licences
Attribution
CC BY
-Very open and flexible – anyone can do anything with your work as long as they credit you – makes wide dissemination very easy
Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA
-As Attribution but others have to licence the derived work under the same terms
Attribution-NoDerivs CC BY-ND
-Work can be copied but not changed
Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC
-Like Attribution but work cannot be used for commercial purposes
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA
-Like Attribution-ShareAlike but work cannot be used for commercial purposes
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND
-Work can be shared, must be credited, no other uses allowed
I would have thought that the choice of licence would have to depend on what the author wanted to do with the work.
I find the idea of CC BY very appealing for my independent work in the learning field because it enables the full benefits of web distribution in getting ideas out and enabling others to use them.
This would change if I have undertaken a unique and highly original piece of research and I had concerns about it losing its meaning but still wanted wide dissemination - this might take me to CC BY-ND.
H817 Week 9 (or 3) Activity 9 Choosing a licence
Creative Commons Licences
Attribution
CC BY
- Very open and flexible – anyone can do anything with your work as long as they credit you – makes wide dissemination very easy
Attribution-ShareAlike
CC BY-SA
- As Attribution but others have to licence the derived work under the same terms
Attribution-NoDerivs
CC BY-ND
- Work can be copied but not changed
Attribution-NonCommercial
CC BY-NC
- Like Attribution but work cannot be used for commercial purposes
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
CC BY-NC-SA
- Like Attribution-ShareAlike but work cannot be used for commercial purposes
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs
CC BY-NC-ND
- Work can be shared, must be credited, no other uses allowed
I would have thought that the choice of licence would have to depend on what the author wanted to do with the work.
I find the idea of CC BY very appealing for my independent work in the learning field because it enables the full benefits of web distribution in getting ideas out and enabling others to use them.
This would change if I have undertaken a unique and highly original piece of research and I had concerns about it losing its meaning but still wanted wide dissemination - this might take me to CC BY-ND.