{"id":16260,"date":"2023-12-14T01:50:10","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T01:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida103\/?page_id=16260"},"modified":"2023-12-14T01:50:10","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T01:50:10","slug":"anatomy-of-a-cc-license","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida103\/learning-pathways\/creative-commons\/anatomy-of-a-cc-license\/","title":{"rendered":"Anatomy of a CC license"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner thumbnail\" style=\"width:227px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/File:License-layers.png\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/3\/3e\/License-layers.png\" width=\"225\" height=\"290\" class=\"thumbimage img-responsive\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">Three \u201clayers\u201d Of licenses<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A CC<sup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup> license is composed of three distinct layers.\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <b><a href=\"#The_Legal_Code_-_valid_legal_documents\">Legal Code<\/a><\/b> &#8211; Each license begins as a traditional legal tool, in the kind of language and text formats that most lawyers know and love. This is the actual license, which is a detailed legal document.\n<\/li>\n<li> <b><a href=\"#The_Commons_Deed_-_a_.22human-readable.22_version_of_the_license\">Commons Deed<\/a><\/b> &#8211; This is a handy reference that summarizes and expresses some of the most important terms and conditions. Think of the Commons Deed as a user-friendly interface to the Legal Code beneath, although the Deed itself is not a license, and its contents are not part of the Legal Code itself.\n<\/li>\n<li> <b><a href=\"#.22Machine-readable.22_licenses\">Machine-readable version<\/a><\/b> &#8211; The final layer of the license design is a \u201cmachine-readable\u201d version of the license &#8211; a summary of the key freedoms and obligations written into a format that software systems, search engines, and other kinds of technology can understand.<br style=\"clear:both;\">\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"The_Legal_Code_-_valid_legal_documents\">The Legal Code &#8211; valid legal documents<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner thumbnail\" style=\"width:322px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/File:Carpeted_Commons.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/thumb\/e\/e9\/Carpeted_Commons.jpg\/320px-Carpeted_Commons.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" class=\"thumbimage img-responsive\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">The freedom to share<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>All CC licenses have real legal code, written by and for lawyers, which contains the actual, legally binding terms of the license.<\/p>\n<p>At the top of a Commons Deed (&#8220;human-readable&#8221; version), you will find the word &#8220;license&#8221; which links to the full legal code for the relevant license. If you are new to CC licenses, we suggest that you scan through one or two of the full licenses to get an idea of what is covered in the legal code. Here are the links to the full licenses:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/legalcode\">Attribution<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/legalcode\">Attribution \u2014 Share-Alike<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/4.0\/legalcode\">Attribution \u2014 No Derivatives<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/legalcode\">Attribution \u2014 Non-Commercial<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/legalcode\">Attribution \u2014 Non-Commercial \u2014 Share-Alike<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/legalcode\">Attribution \u2014 Non-Commercial \u2014 No Derivatives<\/a><br style=\"clear:both;\">\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"The_Commons_Deed_-_a_.22human-readable.22_version_of_the_license\">The Commons Deed &#8211; a &#8220;human-readable&#8221; version of the license<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner thumbnail\" style=\"width:322px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/File:CC-license-deed.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/thumb\/7\/73\/CC-license-deed.jpg\/320px-CC-license-deed.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"209\" class=\"thumbimage img-responsive\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">Example of a <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/\">CC license deed<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Unlike typical licensing terms (and most other available open licenses), CC licenses include a summary deed which conveys the terms of each license using simple, universal icons and non-technical language. <\/p>\n<p>An example of a CC license deed is shown in the image at right. This deed quickly clarifies that you are free to share the work with anyone, and you are also free to remix the work. \u201cRemix\u201d means that you may alter the work in some way, such as translate it into another language, or add new information.  The deed also specifies conditions of use; in this case, you must attribute the work to the original author. If this was your work, people would have to cite you whenever they use your work. The summary deed is not legally binding in and of itself; it is just informational.\n<\/p>\n<p>You can preview examples of the license deed for each of the CC licenses:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">Attribution<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/\">Attribution \u2014 Share-Alike<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/4.0\/\">Attribution \u2014 No Derivatives<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/\">Attribution \u2014 Non-Commercial<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">Attribution \u2014 Non-Commercial \u2014 Share-Alike<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/\">Attribution \u2014 Non-Commercial \u2014 No Derivatives<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Version 4.0, the current version of the CC licenses, are called international licenses, for example &#8220;Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).&#8221; Previously the 3.0 and earlier versions of the licenses were translated for the national copyright laws of different countries, a process called &#8220;porting the license&#8221;. Version 4.0 of the licenses can be used around the world, without porting and are backward compatible with earlier versions of the CC licenses.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\".22Machine-readable.22_licenses\">&#8220;Machine-readable&#8221; licenses<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The machine-readable feature of the licenses makes finding CC-licensed material on the Internet possible. Machine-readable refers to the fact that the license information about your work includes some software code. This software code allows search engines (e.g., Google, Yahoo, etc.) and other software applications to identify materials on the Internet that are licensed using Creative Commons. So if you license your material under Creative Commons, others will be able to easily find and identify your work.\n<\/p>\n<p>The machine-readable code can be obtained using the CC <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/choose\/\">license chooser<\/a> tool. Once a license is identified, the tool automatically generates the HTML syntax which can be copied and embedded into web pages on the Internet. This syntax would not be visible to people browsing your web pages but can be read by search engines and in this sense, CC licenses are &#8220;machine-readable&#8221;. Consult your local technical staff for more information on embedding machine-readable code for CC licenses into a web page.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Acknowledgements\">Acknowledgements<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Some content on this page was sourced, revised and remixed from:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/\">http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\/\/wiki.creativecommons.org\/FAQ\">http:\/\/wiki.creativecommons.org\/FAQ<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/learn.creativecommons.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/cclearn-explanations-oer-and-cc-licenses-05-apr-09.odt\">CCLearn explanations, OER and CC licenses<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Notes\">Notes<\/span><\/h2>\n<ol class=\"references\">\n<li id=\"cite_note-1\"><span class=\"mw-cite-backlink\"><a href=\"#cite_ref-1\">\u2191<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"reference-text\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/\">Creative Commons<\/a><\/span>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.023 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.030 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 52\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 138\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 52\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 0\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 3\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key we_en-mw_:pcache:idhash:182542-0!*!*!!en!2!* and timestamp 20231214015009 and revision id 1079982\n -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<ul class=\"pager\">\n<li class=\"previous\">\n            <a href=\"\/lida103\/learning-pathways\/creative-commons\/cc-licenses\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/lida103\/learning-pathways\/creative-commons\/remix-and-compatibility\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"wenote-ids\"><script type='text\/javascript' id='wenotes-ids'>\n    var WEnotesSite = \"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\";\n    var WEnotesPath = \"\/Learning_in_a_digital_age\/LiDA103\/Creative_Commons\/Anatomy\";\n    var WEnotesSiteID = \"0e3d258fbd36841f92259eefcd41d5e9\";\n    var WEnotesPathID = \"a1b69a39e980d1da67278eb44f2ba70b\";\n    var WEnotesIDs = { site: \"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\", path: \"\/Learning_in_a_digital_age\/LiDA103\/Creative_Commons\/Anatomy\", site_id: \"0e3d258fbd36841f92259eefcd41d5e9\", path_id: \"a1b69a39e980d1da67278eb44f2ba70b\" };\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer><\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three \u201clayers\u201d Of licenses A CC[1] license is composed of three distinct layers. 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