Creative Commons Licensing: Ideas for Split Rock Resort By Jolie Elliott

Creative Common Licenses Several copyright licenses created by Creative Commons Some licenses grant “baseline rights” Available in 34 jurisdictions worldwide Rules to follow if planning to use these licenses

Several copyright licenses created by Creative Commons

Some licenses grant “baseline rights”

Available in 34 jurisdictions worldwide

Rules to follow if planning to use these licenses

Original Licenses All of the original licenses grant the “baseline rights”. Each version of the licenses have different details and have four different conditions, so if you are looking to choose one, read carefully. The four conditions include: Noncommercial- where licensees can copy, distribute, display, and perform the work and make other works based upon it for only noncommercial purposes. Attribution- licensees can copy, distribute, display and perform the work and make other works based upon it only if they give the producer the credits in the manner specified by them. No Derivative Works (NoDerivs)- Licensees may copy, distribute, display and perform only verbatim copies of the work, and not derivative works based upon it. ShareAlike- Licensees may distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs the original work. There are eleven valid Creative Commons licenses that resulted in mixing and matching the conditions, stated above. There are five out of eleven valid licenses that do not include the Attribution condition, and have not been used since most licensors request Attribution. They can still be viewed on the website if you wish to see them. The six licenses left are the most commonly used: Attribution alone Attribution + NoDerivs Attribution + Noncommercial Attribution + ShareAlike Attribution + Noncommercial + NoDerivs Attribution + Noncommercial + ShareAlike

All of the original licenses grant the “baseline rights”. Each version of the licenses have different details and have four different conditions, so if you are looking to choose one, read carefully. The four conditions include:

Noncommercial- where licensees can copy, distribute, display, and perform the work and make other works based upon it for only noncommercial purposes.

Attribution- licensees can copy, distribute, display and perform the work and make other works based upon it only if they give the producer the credits in the manner specified by them.

No Derivative Works (NoDerivs)- Licensees may copy, distribute, display and perform only verbatim copies of the work, and not derivative works based upon it.

ShareAlike- Licensees may distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs the original work.

There are eleven valid Creative Commons licenses that resulted in mixing and matching the conditions, stated above. There are five out of eleven valid licenses that do not include the Attribution condition, and have not been used since most licensors request Attribution. They can still be viewed on the website if you wish to see them. The six licenses left are the most commonly used:

Attribution alone

Attribution + NoDerivs

Attribution + Noncommercial

Attribution + ShareAlike

Attribution + Noncommercial + NoDerivs

Attribution + Noncommercial + ShareAlike

Other Licenses If you wish to use other types of licenses; a number of additional licenses have been added, which are more specialized. They include: Sampling licenses: Sampling Plus - parts of the work can be copied and modified for any purpose other than advertising, and the entire work can be copied for noncommercial purposes Noncommercial Sampling Plus – you can choose the whole work or parts of the work to be copied and modified for noncommercial purposes. Creative Commons also offers an easier way to release material into the public domain through the Public Domain Dedication and Founder’s Copyright. The work is then released into the public domain after 14 or 28 years.

If you wish to use other types of licenses; a number of additional licenses have been added, which are more specialized. They include:

Sampling licenses:

Sampling Plus - parts of the work can be copied and modified for any purpose other than advertising, and the entire work can be copied for noncommercial purposes

Noncommercial Sampling Plus – you can choose the whole work or parts of the work to be copied and modified for noncommercial purposes.

Creative Commons also offers an easier way to release material into the public domain through the Public Domain Dedication and Founder’s Copyright. The work is then released into the public domain after 14 or 28 years.

License Your Work the Easy Way Produced by Creative Commons, at this website, http://creativecommons.org/license/ , you can publish your work online and let others know exactly what they can and cannot do with your work. You can choose a license, like the ones stated before, and the website will provide you with tutorials and tools that let you customize information to your own site or to other sites.

Produced by Creative Commons, at this website, http://creativecommons.org/license/ , you can publish your work online and let others know exactly what they can and cannot do with your work. You can choose a license, like the ones stated before, and the website will provide you with tutorials and tools that let you customize information to your own site or to other sites.