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Questions tagged [creative-commons]

For questions about the Creative Commons licenses and the organization behind them. There are many Creative Commons licenses, so if you are asking a question about a specific license be sure to state which one.

Creative Commons is "a non-profit organization that enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools."

The organization is widely known for its set of licenses. Not all are open-source, but many are:

  • CC0
  • CC-BY
  • CC-BY-SA

Furthermore, many Creative Commons licenses are not intended for use within software contexts and applications, instead intended for application and implementation within the creative works. For example, works of writing, art, photography, graphic design and the like.

There is a good summary of the licenses' status here.

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What are the consequences for downstream actors of redistributing a work under a wider CC license than the copyright holder authorized?

Say that Company A is an online platform which hosts user-generated content, and to do so Company A requires in its ToS that users license said content publicly under Creative Commons License X. Further than that, say that, at some point, Company A…
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Why aren't Creative Commons licenses appropriate for data?

The Panton Principles state Many widely recognized licenses are not intended for, and are not appropriate for, data or collections of data. A variety of waivers and licenses that are designed for and appropriate for the treatment of data are…
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Are there official Markdown versions of the CC licenses?

Official plaintext versions of the Creative Commons licenses are available. Are there similarly official Markdown versions?
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When to use a ported (instead of an international) CC 3.0 license?

If I want to license my work under a Creative Commons 3.0 license, I could use: the international/unported version the version ported for my jurisdiction (For example, in case of CC BY-SA 3.0: CC BY-SA 3.0 vs. CC BY-SA 3.0 DE) What would be…
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Can a derivative of a public domain text be licensed under CC0?

I am taking a public domain text1, and applying some changes to it. It is possible I'll end up taking several texts from several sources, but all public domain. The nature of the changes are: changing some of the archaic words to modern…
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Remixing CC-BY and changing license

I see someone has remixed and adapted CC-BY-3.0 licensed material, only to then publish it under CC-BY-SA-3.0. Thus making the license stricter. Is this allowed? If I look up what CC-BY means, I find one clause that says: No additional restrictions…
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CC text with copyrighted pictures

I am thinking about publishing a text with pictures where the text and most of the pictures are my own, while some of the pictures are by others. Those others have agreed with the inclusion of their pictures. Ideally, I would like to publish the…
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What is a Creative Commons Free Cultural Work?

Upon choosing a license at the Creative Commons page, Creative Commons tells you if the license is a "Free Culture License", or whether it isn't. What is a Free Cultural Work?
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Why is YouTube using 3.0 version of CC BY?

Figuring out how YouTube uses Creative Commons was hard. When uploading a video on YouTube, all you see as an option is "Creative Commons Attribution" (which could be any CC license). When seeing a random YouTube video released under CC (example)…
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Does Creative Commons allow for the exclusion of stock images that are included in a program?

I've just finished creating a program and I want to license it under Creative Commons - Share-A-Like license. It's my first creative commons licensed software. However, I did purchase two images for the splash screen from an image stock provider.…
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Indirect benefit using CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licensed content

Lets say I have a web page where I use CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licensed video and use it for non-commercial purposes. Particularly, I do not charge for it. And in the same webpage I have other video content that I made myself and I sell it. If the first…
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Writing a book, for commercial purposes, about a derivative work, of my own doing, of a CC BY-NC-SA project

I am working on a port of a codebase (Java) to another language (Python), with some modifications. The Java codebase is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA. Understandably, the Python codebase will also be CC BY-NC-SA, but what's not clear to me is whether I…
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Can I build a paid API service that directly sells the output of a library with a ShareALike license?

I'm looking at potentially building an API-as-a-service around Conceptnet Numberbatch, which has the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Basically, just an API that would provide roughly the same inputs and outputs as the model…
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Should i publish my android app under creative common sharealike license or not? And how?

I am developing one android application in which I am using images licensed under creative common shared alike license(CC BY SA). license is saying "If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under…
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Can I license photos of physical products / equipment I took as Creative Commons?

I want to document a scientific experiments I've presenced on a blog post. To do that, I want to give clear descriptions of each commercial equipment used, and using photos would be a great addition. Can I just take a photo of the equipment myself…
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