Creative Commons
Creative Commons licenses allow copyright holders to grant others specialized permissions to reuse their content without permission or a fee, provided they are properly attributed.
You can reuse content under some Creative Commons licenses.
Creative Commons
Creative Commons licenses allow copyright holders to grant others specialized permissions to reuse their content without permission or a fee, provided they are properly attributed.
You can reuse content under some Creative Commons licenses.
- You can use any content under a CC-BY license.
- You can use any content under a CC BY-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA) or a CC BY-Non-Derivative (CC BY-ND) license provided you are not adapting or altering the work. Permission is needed if you are altering the content in any way.
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- You must fully attribute the work by indicating the author/creator, the title or description of the work, date of the work, and where the work was located (if online). You must also indicate the work has been reused under a CC-BY license and provide a link to the license.
- For an example of how to cite a Creative Commons-licensed work, see the Citation Examples page.
- If you have adapted the work in any fashion, you must also indicate how you have adapted the work.
- Be sure to cite the original source, not where you necessarily found the content. For example, Wikipedia/Wikimedia often reuse Creative Commons content from other sources in which case the original sources should be cited.
- For an example of how to cite a Creative Commons-licensed work, see the Citation Examples page.
When using content under a Creative Commons license, you must keep the following limitations in mind:
- Failing to properly cite the source puts us in violation of the license and subject to copyright infringement claims.
- A work or website that is under a Creative Commons license might include content from a third-party source. Content from these sources is not covered by the Creative Commons license and requires permission.
- Creative Commons only covers a work's copyright, it does not extend to any privacy or personal rights an individual associated with the work may have.