Creative Commons Licensing
Computer Science: OCR A Level, topic 5.1.4
Creative Commons Licensing
Creative commons licensing (CC) is a common licensing framework.
What is creative commons?
- Creative commons is a licensing framework which allows content producers to publish their intellectual property with licenses that give permission for others to use their work.
Types of CC licensing
- CC attribution:
- Work can be shared, copied or modified as long as the content creator is credited.
- CC share-alike:
- Any work that is used must be redistributed under the same license terms as the original.
- CC non-commercial:
- Works can be used, but only if no profit is made from them.
- CC no-derivatives:
- Work can be shared or redistributed, but not modified.
Finding CC content
- There is a lot of CC content online, especially on sites such as:
- YouTube.
- Soundcloud.
- Google Images.
Test yourself on Creative Commons Licensing
Which of these options are real creative-commons licenses?