Creative Commons (CC) is the legal framework for open educational resources (OER) which makes the OER movement possible. It provides the legal and technical tools to share knowledge freely, building on a culture of permissions as opposed to restrictions.
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There are six Creative Commons licenses designed to ensure that others can copy and distribute your work, provided they give you credit — and only on the conditions you specify. They are comprised of the elements below:
Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand (n.d.) CC Licence Chart. Retrieved from https://resources.creativecommons.org.nz/downloads/ccguides/ccbrochure2015.pdf
The elements make up the six possible Creative Commons Licenses below:
Creative Commons by Creative Commons Aotearoa is licensed under CC BY 3.0
What you can do with each license
Cheat Sheet of Creative Commons licenses. (2013.). Retrieved from https://www.northeastern.edu/ats/teaching-technology/e-learning-resources/copyright-fair-use-and-crediting-creative-commons-media/
Understanding license differences. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://ciel.viu.ca/learning-technologies-innovation/developing-using-media-content/finding-using-open-educational-resources/creative-commons-licences
Creative Commons Compatibility chart from https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Wiki/cc_license_compatibility.
It is licensed to the public under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
Image by the darling librarian is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Image: Giulio Zanno - CC By 3.0
CC is the ground on which OER walks.
Creative Commons is the legal framework for open educational resources (OER) which makes the OER movement possible. It provides the legal and technical tools to share knowledge freely, building on a culture of permissions as opposed to restrictions.
It is always best practice to acknowledge when information has come from the public domain including a hyperlink to the source. e.g.
Image: Public Domain - Pixabay
