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Introducing the Creative Commons License
Why do we need open licenses? What has changed in the world which implies the need for something between "All rights reserved" and "Public domain"? Watch the video below to get acquainted with the open licensing philosophy.

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Creative Commons Basics
Creative Commons is a non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons licenses. These licenses allow creators to communicate which rights they reserve, and which rights they waive for the benefit of recipients or other creators.

Creative Commons has been described as being at the forefront of the 'copyleft' movement, which seeks to support the building of a richer public domain by providing an alternative to the automatic "all rights reserved" copyright, dubbed "some rights reserved.

Adapted from @http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons


 * ~ License ||~ Clause ||~ Meaning for Users ||~ Meaning for Creators ||
 * [[image:by.png]] || **Attribution** || Attribution is always implied when using the Creative Commons license. This license will ensure anyone who uses your work will give you credit for being the creator. || You can use the content as long as you reference the original creator. ||
 * [[image:introduction2oer/nc.png]] || **Non-Commercial** || You can freely use the work as long as it is not for commercial gain. || Your work will not be used by others for commercial gain. ||
 * [[image:nd.png]] || **No Derivatives** || You can use the work in its original verbatim form alone. You may not adapt or re-work the material || Your work will be available for use in its original form and will not be modified ||
 * [[image:sa.png]] || **Share Alike** || You can use the content freely as long as you also share it using the same license in which you found it || Anyone who uses your work will share it the same way you have, ensuring the continuing openness of your original work. ||

Mixing and matching these conditions produces six regularly used and valid licenses:


 * 1) **[[image:1_by.png]]- Attribution (by)**
 * 2) **[[image:4_by-nc.png]]- Attribution + Noncommercial (by-nc)**
 * 3) **[[image:3_by-nd.png]]- Attribution + No Derivatives (by-nd)**
 * 4) **[[image:2_by-sa.png]]- Attribution + ShareAlike (by-sa)**
 * 5) **[[image:6_by-nc-nd.png]]- Attribution + Noncommercial + No Derivatives (by-nc-nd)**
 * 6) **[[image:5_by-nc-sa.png]]- Attribution + Noncommercial + ShareAlike (by-nc-sa)**

Understanding License Differences
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In terms of degrees of sharing and openness Creative Commons gives us a space to operate between all rights reserved and the public domain. The image below demonstrates how the licenses an be combined to create unique licenses which range from least restrictive to most restrictive. Note that as you apply more restrictive clauses the material becomes more difficult for others to use.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Also note that certain media formats are easier to adapt, such as wiki and xml formats which are easily edited (built upon) and translated between applications. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="color: #cc9900; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">The Licensing Process
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Licensing your work is as simple as visiting the Creative Commons website , selecting the conditions of the license discussed above, and choosing the jurisdiction of the license. Additional information can be added optionally.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Once you submit you can gather your Creative Commons License code for online work (e.g. Webpages) or copy the code for local documents which reside on your computer (e.g. Word documents, presentations) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To do the latter you need to go one step further and gather the plain text and button manually. This can be tricky so we have created the following screencast to help you through the process.

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 * [[image:video_sm.png]] || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">[|Licensing offline works (The video above is also available for download)] ||

<span style="color: #cc9900; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Forth Assignment
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Go through the process of identifying a piece of your work you would like to share, bearing in mind the content you have also used in your own work. If you have to replace some images or documents which form a part of what you want to share use the Find section of this online course to help you locate open content.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Once you believe your resource is ready to share go through the process of selecting a license as described above. Reflect on your experience using your blog or a forum post.