by:阮一峰
1, the origin of the Creative Commons license
Sincecopyright system(copyright) established after, a lot of people feel that, although it protects the interests of the author, but deprived of the freedom of users.
Addition to costs, a major problem is that the passage of the copyright agreement is a restrictive agreement, that is, it expressly permits only you can do, you can do, otherwise it will be violations. This is not only inconvenient but also hindered the spread of the works, contrary to the public interests, especially in the emerging new forms of communication network era.
Therefore, some people of insight in the decision to find a new method, in the legal framework of copyright system, people are free to make use of other people's works. This new method is the "open content license"(open content licenses). To put it simply, is the author of one's own work together to choose a permit issued, and these permits are themselves open agreement, that is to say, it only explicitly prohibits users can not do things, in addition, can use them works.
Creative Commons license (Creative Commons licenses, or cc), is such a permit. It was founded in 2001 by the United StatesCreative Commons Foundationin the December 16, 2002 proposed.
Two for their own work permits Why choose is important
We often can be books, films, or elsewhere, see "All rights reserved"(all rights reserved) this, this is a general agreement of the copyright (full copyright) elements, that is to say, all work-related rights of all property of the copyright holder.
On the other hand, we know that the public sphere (public domain) is no copyright works, the property rights of all users. Therefore, the general agreement of the copyright and the public domain, just as the two extremes, one is to retain all right, the other is to give up all rights.
Creative Commons license, it is in between the two extremes. Several of the right to retain only (some rights reserved), in addition to the right to abandon.
When your online (or elsewhere) to launch its own works, and if allowed to use the freedom of others, then the best option issued with a permit. Because, if you do not release permits, in accordance with copyright law, you have complete work on the copyright of default All rights reserved, even if it is not your will.
From Department said that hinder the spread of the works. From the Department said that the restrictions on the freedom of others, will eventually limit your own freedom. Therefore, as far as possible, to work together to choose a permit issued, which is very important.
Third, the Creative Commons license the basic rights of
If you wish to meet certain conditions under the premise of, users can implement the following acts, then you can consider the use of the Creative Commons license. In other words, these rights Below is automatically transferred to your users:
* Copy works;
* Dissemination of works;
* Public display or performance of a work;
* The works will be fully consistent translated into another format.
Users, free of charge although he has these rights, but must abide by some set of preconditions for a permit:
* No permission shall not permit the implementation of the prohibited acts;
* A copy of all, must retain the copyright of the original notes and permits links;
* Do not permit changes;
* Do not use technical means to limit the legitimate use of other works.
Over rights and obligations, known as the Creative Commons license the basic rights (Baseline Rights).
In addition, the work release must also know is that once opted for a permit, and after a public announcement could not be recovered. This permits in the entirecopyright protection period, the use of the world are all effective. (An alternative approach is, you can in another permit, issued another version of the work.)
4, the Creative Commons license rights reserved
Use of the Creative Commons license, the author of four can choose to retain the rights.
1)
signature "/strong>(Attribution, by initials): must mention the original author.
2)
non-commercial use(Noncommercial, initials nc): shall not be used for profit-making purposes.
3)
interpreted to prohibit(No Derivative Works, initials nd): not modify the original works.
4)
Sharing the same way(Share Alike, initials sa): If allows modification of the original works, then we must use the same license.
5, the type of Creative Commons licenses
Above four kinds of rights, you can retain all, can abandon. Use permutations and combinations of knowledge, we know that a total of 16 different combinations, each of which corresponds to a combination of different permits.
These 16 combinations, five kinds are null and void: one kind of the four kinds of rights are abandoned, which is tantamount to public domain works; another four kinds of options is not prohibited perform at the same time and shared the same way, the two kind of right.
In the remaining 11 kinds of combinations, because the great majority of people to keep Shumingquan, five kinds can be ruled out.
Ultimately leaving only six combinations, the vast majority of the Creative Commons licenses are one of the six combinations:
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These six combinations, the most lenient is the first signed permit, the most restrictive is the fourth signed - non-commercial use - Non-interpretation permits.
Therefore, accurate to say that the Creative Commons license is not a license, but a series of permits collectively.
Six how to use the Creative Commons license
The Internet works, you can go to this Web sitehttp://creativecommons.org/license/, to choose, according to the website tips, step-by-step operation, the final system will be given the code can be placed on the website.
Works for the network, in your choice of good permit, the work can write on to say:
"Works by the Creative Commons [insert describes permits] permit authorized. To see the full text of a permit, please visit the following Web site [insert website url]."(This work is licensed under the Creative Commons [insert description] License. To view a copy of this license, visit [insert url ].)
Needs attention is the response of different jurisdictions, the Creative Commons licenses have different versions region. In addition, the Creative Commons license has been amended, the latest version is 3.0, but some areas are still using version 2.5.
Finally, this paperCreative Commons signed by the Chinese mainland version 2.5 permits(Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 China Mainland License) authorized.
Make [link]
*Creative Commons official website original link:http://www.ruanyifeng.com/blog/2008/04/creative_commons_licenses.html
*Creative CC
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