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Choose the kind of work to get appropriate license code or public domain marking.
If you are licensing or marking one work, paste the code next to it. If you are licensing or marking the whole page or blog, you can paste the code at the bottom of the page.
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Copy the text below and paste it on the title and/or copyright page of your print work or presentation, or in the credits of your media.
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Creative Commons licenses are legal tools that help you grant copyright permissions to the general public. Our CC legal tools include six different licenses and one public domain dedication tool. It is important to specify which one of the 7 legal tools you are applying to your material. The license chooser can help you decide which license is right for you.
CC licenses may be applied to any type of copyrightable work. The only types of works for which CC does not recommend its licenses are computer software and hardware, where we recommend a standard free software license instead. For works that are already in the public domain we recommend that you mark them with the Public Domain Mark. If you hold the rights to a work but would like to place it into the public domain, you can use the Chooser to select CC0.
You can license your work by marking it with the specific CC license you choose. This marking can be as simple as a bit of text stating the license in a copyright notice, or as complex as embedding the license information on your website using the HTML code associated with the particular license. We strongly recommend including a link to the applicable license (e.g., https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
As a creator licensing a work, among other considerations, you should:
The icons represent key features of the different CC license options:
You can find a full list of our frequently asked questions on our site.
If you would like peer support in learning the best way to utilize this resource or choosing the best legal tool for you, you can become a part of CC’s Community by filling out the Creative Commons Community Intake Form. You should receive an invitation to our chat platform, Zulip, in 5-10 business days..
By marking the work with a CC0 public domain dedication, the creator is giving up their copyright and allowing reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, even for commercial purposes.
This license requires that reusers give credit to the creator. It allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, even for commercial purposes.
This license requires that reusers give credit to the creator. It allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, even for commercial purposes. If others remix, adapt, or build upon the material, they must license the modified material under identical terms.
This license requires that reusers give credit to the creator. It allows reusers to copy and distribute the material in any medium or format in unadapted form only, even for commercial purposes.
This license requires that reusers give credit to the creator. It allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, for noncommercial purposes only.
This license requires that reusers give credit to the creator. It allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, for noncommercial purposes only. If others modify or adapt the material, they must license the modified material under identical terms.
This license requires that reusers give credit to the creator. It allows reusers to copy and distribute the material in any medium or format in unadapted form and for noncommercial purposes only.
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