Creative commons licenses are designed for content and not software code so you wont add the creative commons license to the software code. Pages in category software the following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total. Juni 2001 jedoch eine erweiternde bestimmung, heute besser. See more ideas about learning stories, reggio classroom and reggio documentation. Creative commons will not be liable to you or any party on any legal theory for any damages whatsoever, including without limitation any general, special, incidental or consequential damages arising in connection to this license. Articles and other publications accessible on the internet are generally works protected by. The creative commons organisation cc has written a suite of licences allowing holders to specify the conditions under which others can copy or distribute their works. Creative commons licenses 2007, creative commonsframza patzig by a. The creative commons licenses are also not compatible with the gnu gpl, an heavily used free software license, while the mit expat license is compatible with all gpl versions. Using iconic, comic book style documentation see sharing creative works below, the activity is designed to educate children and parents about creative commons licensing options.
For software, creative commons includes three free licenses created by other institutions. On creative commons and open source open source hardware. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. All photos that are covered by the creative commons zero license are marked with cc0 on the photo page. Rating is available when the video has been rented. Creativecommonslizenzen confluence mobile documentation. Creative commons gives no warranties regarding its licenses, any material licensed under their terms and conditions, or any related information. The license basically allows anyone to do whatever they want with the code as long as the original and license notice is included along with the copy of the code. We have designed this license in order to use it for manuals for free software, because free software needs free documentation. Documentation cc specifications, recommendations, white papers, tutorials. Learn about other free and open source software licenses at these sites. For example, it prevents text and data mining if commercial software is used for this purpose. To use the free software foundations gnu general public license, see how to use gnu licenses for your own software.
Why shouldnt creative commons licenses be used for software. Here is an introductory video about creative commons, explaining what it is, and how it can be used. The goal of creative commons, according to its website, is to increase the amount of creativity cultural, educational, and scientific content in the commonsthe body of work that is available to the. You may wish to open source the documentation, the website or some other content. You can browse by topicbased categories such as animalia, flags, mathematics, and medicine or by location, type images, sounds, or videos, author, license, or source. Mit license is ranked 1st while creative commons is ranked 7th. The most important reason people chose mit license is. This can be easily changed including attribution, depending on the permissions by a user with the role. With one easy click you have access to thousands of different forms. The gnu free documentation license is a copyleft license for free documentation, designed by the free software foundation fsf for the. The addin downloads the creative commons license you designate from the creative commons web site and inserts it directly into your creative work.
The creative commons new global network is the result of a comprehensive and collaborative effort from the cc movement to renew and grow its network, finalized at the 2017 global summit in toronto. Mit license vs creative commons detailed comparison as of. The gnu general public license gnu gpl or simply gpl is. Myhub intranet software myhub is a revolutionary cloudbased intranet solution that provides business various manuals and tools to streamline workflow. Software documentation explains the functionality of software. After viewing the comics, there is an option of selecting a default license for the creative works one creates on the xo. Furthermore, you can use ccbysa works as part of other works with various licenses. Python mit 95 60 22 8 issues need help 5 updated may 17, 2020. Pages tagged with the developer category are part of the creative commons developer documentation. Share copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format. If in doubt, the permission of the author or holder e.
The cc0 license was released by the nonprofit organization creative commons. John discusses how the creative commons licenses are a better fit. Consequences, risks and sideeffects of the license module noncommercial use only nc preface. Creative commons recommends and uses free and open source software licenses for software. The terms of the gfdl are long and complicated, and im not a fan for a number of reasons, but a lot of.
I made this tool knowing how hard it is to find creative commons content on the internet. See gnu free documentation license on wikipedia for an encyclopedia article about the license. A fragment of the curve can be converted to a line, or a line back to a curve. The license, once granted, lasts as long as the on the work so long as the license is used properly. Creative commons disclaims all liability for damages resulting from their use to the fullest extent possible. Creative commons has joined forces with other legal experts and leading scientists to offer a simple way for universities, companies, and other holders of intellectual property rights to support the development of medicines, test kits, vaccines, and other scientific discoveries related to covid19 for the duration of the pandemic. Creative commons licenses confluence mobile documentation. Mixing and matching these conditions produces sixteen possible combinations, of which eleven are valid creative commons licenses and five are not. Creative commons is a nonprofit organization that has created different kinds of licenses to allow individuals to choose which type of protection best suits them and their work. The free software movement led the way in the 1980s, not long after law began to apply to software.
Good software documentation, whether a specifications document for programmers and testers, a technical document for internal users, or software manuals and help files for end users, helps the person working with the software understand its features and functions. In order to make it easy for the web to know when a work is available under a creative commons license, we provide a machine readable version of the license a summary of the key freedoms and obligations written into a format that software systems, search engines, and other kinds of technology can understand. Welcome to the creative commons documentation project. Creative commons is not a party to this license, and makes no warranty whatsoever in connection with the work. Licensing for more information on licensing issues here on wikimedia commons. All images are licensed either with one of several creative commons licenses, the gnu free documentation license gfdl, or a public domain license. The default license for the site used by the plugin is the creative commons attributionsharealike cc bysa license. It is similar to the gnu general public license, giving readers the rights to copy, redistribute, and modify except for invariant sections a work and requires all copies and derivatives to be available under the same. A search tool used to find creative commons music, video, and pictures.
The gnu free documentation license gnu fdl or simply gfdl is a copyleft license for free documentation, designed by the free software foundation fsf for the gnu project. Creative commons licenses are several licenses released on december 16, 2002 by creative commons, a u. All around the world an increasing number of people uses the public licenses offered by creative commons cc to free up the results of their creativity for reuse by others. Cons sometimes hard to be a remote worker this is my first remote job and i. We have designed this license in order to use it for manuals for free software. From this milieu creative commons cc was launched in 2002. Creative commons has recommendations on their faq page about open licensing of software code that we recommend as well. A new creative commons search tool for creators seeking to discover and reuse free resources with greater ease. You can get more information about creative commons and their license on the official license page. Gpl for software, and the gnu free documentation license fdl, for software documentation. The open source hardware definition states that a license for open source hardware shall allow for the manufacture, sale, distribution, and use of products created from. To use the free software foundations gnu general public. Note that you can only mark your uploaded video with a creative commons license if its all content that you can license under the cc by license. The creative commons catalog api allows programmatic access to search for cclicensed and public domain digital media.
Download creative commons addin for microsoft office from. Creative commons licenses explained in plain english. All software code should have documentation to describe the software code structure and strategy. Open source licenses are not a good fit for these kinds of nonsoftware works. Learn about the creative commons licence and why its advisable not. There are 6 creative commons license and they apply worldwide. This faq addresses questions that people may have about why we have released this new version of the license, and how it relates to fdlv2. How do i add the creative commons license to software code. Creative commons provides web service apis which can be used to integrate the. How do i add the creative commons license to software. Creative commons provides web service apis which can be used to integrate the creative commons licensing engine into third party applications. Free knowledge based on creative commons licenses meta.
Built to be mobile, myhub offers users the ability to connect and collaborate with entire teams or just a couple of members. By marking your original video with a creative commons license, youre granting the entire youtube community the right to reuse and edit that video. Microsoft and creative commons have collaborated on other projects, but the office tool is the most significant effort to date, said tom rubin, associate general counsel at microsoft. I caught a blog entry on the creative commons site yesterday mentioning the latest release of ccpublisher for windows and mac os x. With a creative commons license, authors can express their intentions regarding how their works may be used by others. Creative commons makes its licenses and related information available on an asis basis. More resources are available from the license page for fdl 1. These apis are currently in beta, and we are soliciting feedback and suggestions.
Creative commons has recommendations on their faq page. The current indevelopment api is described in the development version documentation. The people involved in creative commons, both as staff and as volunteersmembers are so amazing and inspiring to work with. See the developer start page for an overview gemscool can get new information document.