A creative commons license allows creators to copyright their work while allowing others to use, edit, and distribute it at the same time, given that they are properly credited.
There are 6 types of creative commons licenses:
1. CC-BY
Allows commercial and non-commerical distrubution and editing/tweaking so long as it is credited.
2. CC-BY-SA
Allows commercial editing/addition to your work so long as editors license their new creations under identical terms.
3. CC-BY-ND
Allows commercial and non-commercial distribution so long as the work remains complete, unchanged and is credited.
4. CC-BY-NC
Allows non-commercial editing/addition to the work so long as it is credited.
5. CC-BY-NC-SA
Allows non-commercial editing/addition to the work so long as it is credited and licensed under identical terms.
6. CC-BY-NC-ND
Allows others to only download work (no editing whatsoever) and share with others so long as it is credited.
1 comment:
That's the gist of it!
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