How To Register Creative Commons

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About before versions

The nearly recent license version is 4.0, which can be used internationally. If you are searching for a port of the license for a particular jurisdiction, however, yous may all the same use them.

If your jurisdiction is not on this list, or if you lot want to utilise the latest version of the licenses instead of a ported license, you tin can return to the 4.0 license chooser.

Virtually earlier versions

The most recent license version is 4.0, which tin be used internationally. Before versions of licenses, including 3.0 international and ports localized to item jurisdictions, tin can be yet be used by clicking the "show earlier licenses" link below.

Allow adaptations of your work to be shared?

Aye

The licensor permits others to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work, besides equally make and distribute derivative works based on information technology.

Yes, as long equally others share akin

The licensor permits others to create and distribute derivative works, but just under the aforementioned or a compatible license.

No

The licensor permits others to copy, distribute, brandish, and perform the work, but not distribute derivative works based on information technology.

Allow commercial uses of your work?

Yes

The licensor permits others to re-create, distribute, display, and perform the work, including for commercial purposes.

No

The licensor permits others to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work for non-commercial purposes only.

Selected License

The "Selected License" panel displays information about the license that was described in the "License Features" panel. Irresolute the values in the "License Features" console will update the information displayed here.

Canonical for Complimentary Cultural Works

If the selected license provides the freedoms required of a free culture license, so the "Approved for Free Cultural Works" icon appears on this console. This feature is intended to aid yous in making a more informed determination. NonCommercial and NoDerivatives licenses include boosted restrictions which, past definition, prevent them from being considered costless culture licenses.

While our non-free culture licenses are useful in particular circumstances, unintended consequences may result from their utilize (such every bit license incompatibility). For instance, a work that is nether the license "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike" may not be combined with a work licensed "Attribution-ShareAlike" because putting the resulting work nether either license violates the other by either calculation or removing the NonCommercial brake.

A real world example of license incompatibility: Works with the NonCommercial or the NoDerivatives brake may not be posted to Wikipedia.

Freedomdefined.org is a great source of information about free civilisation. The free culture definition and permissible restrictions pages are wonderful starting points for further learning.

Title of piece of work

The title of the work you are licensing.

Attribute work to name

The name of the person who should receive attribution for the work. Most often, this is the author.

Aspect work to URL

The URL to which the work should be attributed. For case, the piece of work'due south page on the writer's site.

Source work URL

The URL of the work upon which this work is based or derived.

More permissions URL

A URL where a user tin can find information about obtaining rights that are non already permitted by the CC license.

Format of piece of work

This describes what kind of piece of work is existence licensed. For instance, a photograph would take the "Image" format. If unsure, choose "Other / Multiple formats".

License mark

The "License Marking" select box determines the content of the lesser right panel. That console provides a means of mark your work in a consistent and standardized manner.

HTML + RDFa

HTML is provided that you can copy into your webpage. The HTML is annotated with auto-readable metadata. This allows search engines to observe similarly licensed works, and for tools to automatically recognize information about the work (such as who authored information technology).

XMP

An XMP file can be embedded in a diversity of file formats, such as PDFs.

Offline

Provides a unproblematic patently text notice that can exist used to mark offline works

Have a web page?

The HTML provided in this panel may be pasted into your website to display which license applies to your work, likewise equally attribution information. The HTML combines information provided in the "License Features" panel and the "Aid others attribute you!" console. The HTML besides contains RDFa metadata, which allows search engines to accurately decide which license your work is under, and how you want to exist attributed.

This panel also contains a preview of what the HTML volition look like when included in your website. The radio buttons at the bottom of the panel may be used to change the size and advent of the license icon in the HTML.

Attribution

Yous must requite appropriate credit to the licensor in a reasonable manner.

Share Alike

The licensor permits others to distribute derivative works only under the aforementioned license or one compatible with the 1 that governs the licensor's work.

No Derivative Works

The licensor permits others to copy, distribute and transmit the work provided that any alterations y'all may make do not constitute an adaptation.

Noncommercial

The licensor permits others to re-create, distribute and transmit the piece of work. In render, licensees may not apply the work for commercial purposes — unless they get the licensor's permission.