{"id":42,"date":"2024-04-08T03:34:30","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T03:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/pushstartoerandioerforeducators\/chapter\/creative-commons-licences-foundations-of-open-educational-resources\/"},"modified":"2024-09-21T16:49:58","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T16:49:58","slug":"creative-commons-licences-foundations-of-open-educational-resources","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/openbook.ums.edu.my\/pushstartoerandioerforeducators\/chapter\/creative-commons-licences-foundations-of-open-educational-resources\/","title":{"raw":"Creative Commons Licences","rendered":"Creative Commons Licences"},"content":{"raw":"
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All OER are made available under some type of\u00a0open license<\/span>, a set of authorized permissions from the rights-holder of a work for any and all users. The most popular of these licenses are\u00a0Creative Commons<\/span>\u00a0(CC) licenses, customizable copyright licenses that allow others to reuse, adapt, and re-publish content with few or no restrictions. CC licenses allow creators to explain in plain language how their works can be used by others.\u00a0 If you locate a work with a CC license, you can easily determine how you can incorporate the work into your course. If you assign an open license to your work, you allow any user to exercise the rights allowed under the license, and cannot restrict reuse by certain individuals or parties without changing the license itself.<\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n

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The Four Components of Creative Commons Licenses<\/h1>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\"A<\/strong><\/td>\r\nAttribution (BY)<\/strong> Proper attribution must be given to the original creator of the work whenever a portion of their work is reused or adapted. This includes a link to the original work, information about the author, and information about the original work\u2019s license.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\"An<\/strong><\/td>\r\nShare-Alike (SA)<\/strong> Iterations of the original work must be made available under the same license terms.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\"A<\/strong><\/td>\r\nNon-Commercial (NC)<\/strong> The work cannot be sold at a profit or used for commercial means such as for-profit advertising. Copies of the work can be purchased in print and given away or sold at cost.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\"An<\/strong><\/td>\r\nNo Derivatives (ND)<\/strong> The work cannot be altered or \u201cremixed.\u201d Only identical copies of the work can be redistributed without additional permission from the creator.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

The four components, or elements, of Creative Commons Licenses are expressed using the icons above.\u00a0 These elements can be mixed and matched to create a total of six Creative Commons licenses. <\/strong>[1]<\/sup><\/a> These licenses are often expressed in graphic form using CC buttons. [2]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n

The Four \u201cOpen\u201d CC Licenses<\/h1>\r\n

There are strengths and weaknesses to each Creative Commons license you might apply to your OER. To help you make an informed decision, a short description of each license that can be applied to OER is provided below.<\/p>\r\n

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Choosing a Licence for Your Work<\/h1>\r\n

Choosing a CC license can be confusing at first, but the online Choose a License<\/em> tool<\/a> from Creative Commons can help. This tool generates a license based on which rights you want to retain and which you would like to give to users. For example, if you want to share your work and allow others to adapt it, but you do not want others to be able to sell your work, you might consider using the CC-BY-NC license.<\/p>\r\n

Before you choose a license, keep in mind that an OER should be able to exercise all the 5 Rs of open content we discussed in the previous chapter. Not all of the CC licenses meet this definition. Specifically, the CC-BY-ND and CC-BY-NC-ND licenses do not allow revising or remixing content, two of the most significant freedoms of OER for many educators.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Attribution:<\/strong> \u201cWileys 5Rs and Creative Commons Licensing\u201d is by Krysta McNutt, CC-BY 4.0<\/a>.\u00a0To view the full version, visit the Google Drawing.<\/a><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n

Implementing a CC Licence<\/h2>\r\n

Creative Commons has an online Marking Guide<\/a> that demonstrates how to add your chosen\u00a0 CC license on different types of media. Making your license obvious on whatever item you are sharing is an important part of the dissemination process for OER: otherwise, users won\u2019t know what license you\u2019ve chosen! No matter the format, there are some standards you can follow:<\/p>\r\n\r\n