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A Creative Commons (CC) license is one of several public copyright licenses that enable the free distribution of an otherwise copyrighted work. A CC license is used when an author wants to give people the right to share, use, and build upon a work that they have created.

Attribution CC By

This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit the author/creator for the original creation. This is the most accommodating of licenses offered.

Attribution Share A-Like

This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon the original work even for commercial purposes, as long as credit is given to the author/creator and license their new creations under the identical terms. All new works based on author/creator’s original work will carry the same license, so any derivatives will also allow commercial use.

Attribution No-Derivs

This license allows for redistribution, commercial and non-commercial, as long as it is passed along unchanged and in whole, with credit to the author/creator.

Attribution Non-Commercial

This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon the original work non-commercially, and although their new works must also acknowledge the author/creator and be non-commercial, they don’t have to license their derivative works on the same terms.

Attribution Non-Commercial Share      A-Like

This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon the original work non-commercially, as long as they credit the author/creator and license their new creations under the identical terms.

Attribution Non-Commercial No-Derivs

This license is the most restrictive of the six main licenses, only allowing others to download the original work and share them with others as long as they credit the author/creator, but they can’t change them in any way or use them commercially.