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[edit]Creative Commons Attribution license
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The Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY) is a public copyright license that enable the free distribution of an otherwise copyrighted work. The license gives people the right to share, use, and build upon a work, as long as attribution is given. It protects the people who use or redistribute an author's work from concerns of copyright infringement as long as they abide by the conditions that are specified in the license by which the author distributes the work.
It was initially released on December 16, 2002 by Creative Commons, a U.S. non-profit corporation founded in 2001.
Rights
[edit]Attribution
[edit]The CC BY license requires attribution of the original author (the 'BY' component).[1] The attribution must be given to "the best of [one's] ability using the information available".[2] Generally this implies the following:
- Include any copyright notices (if applicable). If the work itself contains any copyright notices placed there by the copyright holder, those notices must be left intact, or reproduced in a way that is reasonable to the medium in which the work is being re-published.
- Cite the author's name, screen name, or user ID, etc. If the work is being published on the Internet, it is nice to link that name to the person's profile page, if such a page exists.
- Cite the work's title or name (if applicable), if such a thing exists. If the work is being published on the Internet, it is nice to link the name or title directly to the original work.
- Cite the specific CC license the work is under. If the work is being published on the Internet, it is nice if the license citation links to the license on the CC website.
- Mention if the work is a derivative work or adaptation, in addition to the above, one needs to identify that their work is a derivative work, e.g., “This is a Finnish translation of [original work] by [author].” or “Screenplay based on [original work] by [author].”
Use
[edit]Creative Commons Attribution licenses have been used for a variety of different cultural works. Over 500,000 open access academic journal articles have used the license.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Announcing (and explaining) our new 2.0 licenses". Creativecommons.org. May 25, 2004. Retrieved September 20, 2013.
- ^ "Frequently Asked Questions". Creative Commons. February 2, 2010. Retrieved February 22, 2010.
- ^ "Growth of OA-only Journals Using a CC-BY License". OASPA. 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
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