Creative Commons

Applying a licence can be as simple as adding a line of text to your work, stating which licence you have applied. Remember that you must own the copyright to the work, or otherwise have been given the right, in order to apply a licence.

How a CC licence is written out:

Template: [Title and link to work if possible] by [Creator] is licensed under [Licence type with link to deed]

Example: Essentialist traps and how to avoid them: Language as key for empowering education by Nicolas Femia is licensed under CC BY 4.0 

Example if you have non-CC licensed material included in your work: “Creative commons: the anatomy of a CC Licence" by Anna Andersson is, unless otherwise stated, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

A machine-readable format can be added if you e.g. are licensing a web page.

Need help choosing and applying a licence? The CC licence chooser is a great help.

If you are adapting others CC licensed work there are things to consider, se the section on adaptations for more information.

Important to remember:

CC licenses are irrevocable, choose your license carefully since this can not be undone. Also, make sure that it is clear exactly what work it is you are applying the license to. 

You should always give proper attribution when using others CC licensed work. The preferred format for attribution is called TASL and contains these four elements.

• T - Title
• A - Author
• S - Source
• L - License

Here is an example of a good attribution, using the TASL format:

"Malmö university - Niagara" by Maria Eklind is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.0