{"id":113,"date":"2022-10-25T14:55:46","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T18:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/cccertificate\/?post_type=chapter&p=113"},"modified":"2022-11-13T19:05:40","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T00:05:40","slug":"anatomy-of-a-cc-licence","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/cccertificate\/chapter\/anatomy-of-a-cc-licence\/","title":{"raw":"Anatomy of a CC Licence","rendered":"Anatomy of a CC Licence"},"content":{"raw":"When someone says that a work is \"under Creative Commons\" or is \"CC licensed,\" what they mean is that the work carries a<\/em> Creative Commons licence. There are six to choose from, and they all have different terms and conditions for use. Let's talk about the differences between these licences, what the terms are for each licence, and how to choose the right one for your purposes.\r\n

The Creative Commons Licences at Work<\/h1>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_197\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1416\"]\"Home \"B.C. Open Collection\"<\/a> by BCcampus<\/a> is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0)<\/a>.[\/caption]\r\n\r\nMy organization, BCcampus<\/a>, is a small but mighty entity funded by the British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Training<\/a>. Our mandate<\/a> is to support post-secondary institutions in the province of British Columbia, Canada, as they \"evolve their teaching and learning practices to create a better experience for students.\"\r\n\r\nOne way that we do this is by offering a collection of openly licensed teaching and learning resources called the B.C. Open Collection<\/a>, which contains textbooks, course packs, test banks, and more. Every item in this collection carries either a Creative Commons licence or a different open licence. With few exceptions, most works in the collection carry licences that allow teachers to make changes so that they can customize materials to their individual contexts. Thanks to Creative Commons licences, BCcampus can effectively serve teachers and learners in our province, Canada, and the world at large.\r\n

The Three Layers of a Creative Commons Licence<\/h1>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_180\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"275\"]\"Each \"Layers\"<\/a> by Creative Commons<\/a> is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0)<\/a>.[\/caption]\r\n\r\nBefore we talk about the differences between Creative Commons licences, let's talk about their similarities. Each Creative Commons licence is made up of three different layers that cater to different users. These layers are:\r\n
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  1. Legal code<\/strong>. This is the legally enforceable agreement that authors and users are bound by when a Creative Commons licence is in play. Lawyers would be most likely to use this layer. For an example, see the legal code of the CC BY-NC licence<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n \t
  2. Human-readable summary<\/strong>. This layer explains in plain language what a user is legally allowed to do with a CC-licensed work. Most people will look to this layer when trying to understand a CC licence and link to this layer when writing an attribution statement. For an example, see the human-readable summary of the CC BY-NC licence<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n \t
  3. Machine-readable licence<\/strong>. This layer is designed to efficiently communicate to different kinds of software what a Creative Commons licence allows a person to do. For more information about this, read about CC Rights Expression Language<\/a>.[footnote]\u201c3.1 License Design and Terminology\u201d<\/a> by Creative Commons<\/a>. CC BY 4.0<\/a>.[\/footnote]<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

    The Six Creative Commons Licences<\/h1>\r\nCreative Commons provides six different open licences that anyone may apply to their works. From least to most restrictive, they are:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
    Creative Commons Licence Names and Buttons<\/caption>\r\n
    Licence<\/th>\r\nAbbreviated Name and Link<\/th>\r\nLicence Button<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
    Creative Commons Attribution<\/td>\r\nCC BY<\/a><\/td>\r\n\"CC<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
    Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike<\/td>\r\nCC BY-SA<\/a><\/td>\r\n\"CC<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial<\/td>\r\nCC BY-NC<\/a><\/td>\r\n\"CC<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike<\/td>\r\nCC BY-NC-SA<\/a><\/td>\r\n\"CC<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
    Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives<\/td>\r\nCC BY-ND<\/a><\/td>\r\n\"CC<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives<\/td>\r\nCC BY-NC-ND<\/a><\/td>\r\n\"CC<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

    The Four Licence Elements<\/h1>\r\nEach of the six Creative Commons licences is based on a combination of four distinct licence elements: Attribution (BY), ShareAlike (SA), NonCommercial (NC), and NoDerivatives (ND). None of the licences use all four elements, but all use at least one. Each element is symbolized by a little icon, all of which can be seen below.\r\n\r\nLicence names can look like random strings of letters if you don't know what they stand for: understanding what each element is will help you to distinguish between licences seen in the wild.\r\n

    BY (Attribution)<\/h2>\r\n\"BY\r\n\r\nAll six Creative Commons licences contain the BY (Attribution)<\/strong> element, which stipulates that anyone who uses a CC-licensed work must attribute the author. The icon for the BY element is a person, to remind the user that they must attribute the person who created the work.\r\n\r\nThe purpose of attribution is to give credit and thanks to the author who generously shared their work with the world for free. To those who may be interested in using the work, it also acts as a clear signpost that says, \"Hey! Come and get it right here!\"\r\n\r\nA good attribution statement follows TASL <\/strong>(pronounced \"tassel\"):\r\n