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<p id="p_LQib" name="p_LQib" class="bg-light px-3 py-2 rounded text-secondary">Read the article at <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/" target="_blank" class="" data-shortened-url="https://edtechbooks.org/-yZN" data-unshortened-url="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/">https://edtechbooks.org/-yZN</a></p><h2 id="p_SPSz" name="p_SPSz" class="">Background</h2><p id="p_TnEj" name="p_TnEj" class="">Creative Commons provides the open licenses used by the vast majority of open content, including over 880M items according to a <a href="https://stateof.creativecommons.org/" class="">recent report</a>.</p><p id="p_gqty" name="p_gqty" class="">The breadth and depth of license options available through Creative Commons licenses provides any creator with a wide range of opportunities to license any type of work with a human readable license, a “legalese” version of the same license, as well as a machine readable version of the license.  While fixing overaggressive copyright is the best solution, Creative Commons provides authors and creators with a relatively simple way to share their work in the current legal context.</p><p id="p_XCGR" name="p_XCGR" class="">All CC licenses carry the attribution term “BY.” From there the creator can select from an array of other options which include the following:</p><ul id="ul_Mcwk" name="ul_Mcwk" class="">
<li id="li_UKbJ" name="li_UKbJ" class="">Share Alike (SA) – if you make changes to the material and distribute that changed version, you must license your new version using the same CC license</li>
<li id="li_nhCD" name="li_nhCD" class="">NonCommercial (NC) – you cannot use the material in way primarily intended for or directed towards commercial advantage or monetary compensation</li>
<li id="li_tHcQ" name="li_tHcQ" class="">No Derivatives (ND) – no changes can be made to the material</li>
</ul><h2 id="p_CtkK" name="p_CtkK" class="">Key Points</h2><ul id="ul_viqp" name="ul_viqp" class="">
<li id="li_RDHB" name="li_RDHB" class="">Licensors can retain copyright while sharing their work.
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<li id="li_WnTc" name="li_WnTc" class="">Allows them to get credit.</li>
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<li id="li_KErU" name="li_KErU" class="">License Selection Wizard asks two questions:
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<li id="li_SDnX" name="li_SDnX" class="">Does the licensor want to allow commercial use?</li>
<li id="li_cTXt" name="li_cTXt" class="">Does the licensor want derivatives to be shared alike?</li>
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<li id="li_oXIX" name="li_oXIX" class="">Layers of License
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<li id="li_fUJI" name="li_fUJI" class="">Legal code – traditional</li>
<li id="li_yeWw" name="li_yeWw" class="">Human readable – Summarizes and expresses the most important information in language a normal human being can understand.</li>
<li id="li_Hfsg" name="li_Hfsg" class="">Machine readable – allows search engines to index content based on the license.</li>
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<li id="li_iRzE" name="li_iRzE" class="">Licenses
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<li id="li_WZbT" name="li_WZbT" class="">CC BY = Attribution</li>
<li id="li_zDPV" name="li_zDPV" class="">CC BY-SA = Attribution-ShareAlike</li>
<li id="li_TuEU" name="li_TuEU" class="">CC BY-ND = Attribution -NoDerivs</li>
<li id="li_cIfF" name="li_cIfF" class="">CC BY-NC = NonComercial</li>
<li id="li_vteC" name="li_vteC" class="">CC BY-NC-SA = NonCommerical-ShareAlike</li>
<li id="li_wcJU" name="li_wcJU" class="">CC BY-NC-ND = NonCommercial-NoDerivs</li>
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<li id="li_SsNb" name="li_SsNb" class="">One of the purposes is the reduce friction
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<li id="li_uCMi" name="li_uCMi" class="">It can be difficult to track down copyright holders to get permission even if they want to give it</li>
<li id="li_efuh" name="li_efuh" class="">There is just the one, the historical licenses (e.g. open content), encourage you not to use them anymore.</li>
<li id="li_ferh" name="li_ferh" class="">There will never be another license to avoid license proliferation</li>
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</ul><h2 id="p_Xraf" name="p_Xraf" class="">Discussion Questions</h2><ol id="ol_fcmT" name="ol_fcmT" class="">
<li id="li_NSay" name="li_NSay" class="">Which is the best license?</li>
<li id="li_UWvx" name="li_UWvx" class="">Under what circumstances would you choose to use which licenses?</li>
<li id="li_Sqkd" name="li_Sqkd" class="">Discuss the pros and cons of not using the NC license, thereby allowing commercial use of openly licensed materials for gain.</li>
<li id="li_SBwp" name="li_SBwp" class="">Under which circumstances would it be best to use a ND license?</li>
</ol><h2 id="p_rStC" name="p_rStC" class="">Additional Resources</h2><p id="p_jRGp" name="p_jRGp" class="">GNU Free Documentation License (2014) <a href="https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html" class="" data-shortened-url="https://edtechbooks.org/-JLH" data-unshortened-url="https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html">https://edtechbooks.org/-JLH</a></p>