Creative Commons Licenses 

Creative Commons licenses provide an easy way to manage the copyright terms that attach automatically to all creative material under copyright. Our licenses allow that material to be shared and reused under terms that are flexible and legally sound.

CC Licenses and Examples 

Attribution (CC BY)

This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation.

Attribution ShareAlike (CC BY-SA)

This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work even for commercial purposes, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under identical terms.

Attribution-NoDerivs (CC BY-ND)

This license lets others reuse the work for any purpose, including commercially; however, it cannot be shared in adapted form.

Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)

This license lets others remix and build upon your work non-commercially.

Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA)

This license lets others remix and build upon your work non-commercially, under identical terms.

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)

This is the most restrictive license, allowing sharing with attribution, but no modifications or commercial use.

How to apply a Creative Commons licence: You can use the Choose a licence tool.