There are six Creative Commons licenses.
All of them require giving credit, or attribution, to the creator.
The licenses differ in
- whether they allow modifications (derivative works)
- what types of licenses they require of derivative works
- if they permit reuse for commercial purposes
For more information about the licenses, visit the
Creative Commons' "About the Licenses" page.
Attribution - CC BY |
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Credit the creator/licensor? Yes
Redistribute/modify? Both
Same license terms to derivatives? No
Uses permitted? Non-commerical and commercial |
Attribution - NonCommercial - CC BY-NC |
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Credit the creator/licensor? Yes
Redistribute/modify? Both
Same license terms to derivatives? No
Uses permitted? Non-commerical |
Attribution - ShareAlike - CC BY-SA |
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Credit the creator/licensor? Yes
Redistribute/modify? Both
Same license terms to derivatives? Yes
Uses permitted? Non-commerical and commercial |
Attribution - No Derivatives - CC BY-ND |
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Credit the creator/licensor? Yes
Redistribute/modify? Redistribute only
Same license terms to derivatives? No
Uses permitted? Non-commerical and commercial |
Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike - CC NC-SA |
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Credit the creator/licensor? Yes
Redistribute/modify? Both
Same license terms to derivatives? Yes
Uses permitted? Non-commerical only |
Attribution - NonCommerical - NoDerivatives - CC BY-NC-ND |
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Credit the creator/licensor? Yes
Redistribute/modify? Redistribute only
Same license terms to derivatives? No
Uses permitted? Non-commerical only |
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