Creative Commons

CC licences are made up of a selection of licence elements, there are four elements and a total of six possible combinations. The available licences are listed below. All CC licences require that proper attribution (BY) is given to the creator of the original work. Beyond that the creator can:

• require that any adaptations are shared under the same licence (ShareAlike). 
• prohibit commercial use (NonCommercial). The user might be commercial, it is the intended use that has to be non-commercial.
• prohibit any adaptations from being shared publically (NoDerivatives).

		CC BY: Allows people to use and adapt the work for any purpose (even commercially) as long as they give credit to the creator. Most funding agencies and the university library recommend this licence.
		CC BY-SA: The Attribution-ShareAlike licence allows people to use and adapt the work for any purpose (even commercially), as long as they give credit to the creator. Any adaptations they share must have the same licence.
		CC BY-NC: The Attribution-NonCommercial licence allows people to use the work, or adaptations of the work, for noncommercial purposes only, and only as long as they give credit to the creator.
		CC BY-NC-SA: The Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license allows people to use and adapt the work for noncommercial purposes only, and only as long as they give credit to the creator. Any adaptations they share must have the same license.
		CC BY-ND: The Attribution-NoDerivatives licence allows people to use the unadapted work for any purpose (even commercially), as long as they give credit to the creator. They may also adapt the work for their own personal use but may not share any adaptations publicly.
		CC BY-NC-ND: The Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licence is the most restrictive licence. It allows people to use the unadapted work for noncommercial purposes only, and only as long as they give credit to the creator. They may not share any adaptations publicly.