Creative Commons 101: An introduction to CC licences. This article forms part of Wired.co.uk's Creative Commons Week, which sees a range of articles published on the topics of CC licensing, as well as the past, present and future of the Creative Commons movement. The Creative Commons movement is 10 years old, but what is it? How do the licences work? Who uses them?
And what are the pros and cons? Wired.co.uk helps you navigate the licensing system with this introductory guide. What are Creative Commons licences? Just like the village common, the word "commons" traditionally indicates parts of land and seas that people owned and enjoyed together. Creative Commons licences are easy-to-understand copyright licences that allow creators of content to communicate which rights they reserve and which rights they waive for the benefit of other users. What are the different licences for? -- Attribution (CC BY) This lets other people distribute, remix and build upon your work -- even commercially -- as long as they credit you. About The Licenses. Our public copyright licenses incorporate a unique and innovative “three-layer” design. Each license begins as a traditional legal tool, in the kind of language and text formats that most lawyers know and love.
We call this the Legal Code layer of each license. But since most creators, educators, and scientists are not in fact lawyers, we also make the licenses available in a format that normal people can read — the Commons Deed (also known as the “human readable” version of the license). The Commons Deed is a handy reference for licensors and licensees, summarizing and expressing some of the most important terms and conditions. Think of the Commons Deed as a user-friendly interface to the Legal Code beneath, although the Deed itself is not a license, and its contents are not part of the Legal Code itself. Searching for open content is an important function enabled by our approach.
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