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The '''Creative Commons''' license is a limited [[license]] that the author of a created work may grant to members of the general public for limited uses of his work without his express written permission. It differs from the category of [[public domain]] in that the author reserves some rights to himself by granting such a license.
== Terms and conditions ==
Various forms of the Creative Commons License are often used. The most common conditions that granting authors place on Creative Commons-licensed work include the following conditions, or combinations thereof:
# Attribution: users of the work must attribute it properly to the author.
# Non-commercial: No one may use a work licensed under this condition for commercial purposes without the author's permission.
# Share-Alike: Anyone who transforms the work must release the work so transformed to others under the same or similar license terms.
# No derivatives: No one may transform the work, or derive another work from it, without the express written permission of the author.
== Repositories ==
The Creative Commons site provides links to repositories of Creative Commons-licensed works. In addition, the multimedia sharing service Flickr advises its users on how to license their work under Creative Commons, if they so desire.
== External link ==
* [http://creativecommons.org/ Creative Commons] official site
* [http://www.flickr.com/ Flickr]
[[Category:Copyright]]
== Terms and conditions ==
Various forms of the Creative Commons License are often used. The most common conditions that granting authors place on Creative Commons-licensed work include the following conditions, or combinations thereof:
# Attribution: users of the work must attribute it properly to the author.
# Non-commercial: No one may use a work licensed under this condition for commercial purposes without the author's permission.
# Share-Alike: Anyone who transforms the work must release the work so transformed to others under the same or similar license terms.
# No derivatives: No one may transform the work, or derive another work from it, without the express written permission of the author.
== Repositories ==
The Creative Commons site provides links to repositories of Creative Commons-licensed works. In addition, the multimedia sharing service Flickr advises its users on how to license their work under Creative Commons, if they so desire.
== External link ==
* [http://creativecommons.org/ Creative Commons] official site
* [http://www.flickr.com/ Flickr]
[[Category:Copyright]]