What do Creative Commons symbols mean?
Creative Commons (CC) licenses are public licenses. You can use them to indicate what other people are allowed to do with your work. Each work is automatically protected by copyright, which means that others will need to ask permission from you as the copyright owner. CC BY-SA is also an open license.
What is meant by Creative Commons?
Creative Commons licenses give everyone from individual creators to large institutions a standardized way to grant the public permission to use their creative work under copyright law.
How do I get a Creative Commons Licence?
First steps
- What is Creative Commons? (or try the excellent Get CC Savvy course here at School of Open)
- You don’t need to register your work – just pick a license!
- Make sure your work is copyrightable.
- Make sure you have the rights.
- Make sure you understand how Creative Commons licenses operate.
Who is the creator of the Creative Commons?
We made these with graphic designer/illustrator Ryan Junell. Feel free to use them in your videos about Creative Commons, or to mark your videos with the CC license or public domain tool of your choice. Our current brand colors are: Need guidance on CC’s style?
How to get a license for Creative Commons?
Six licenses for sharing your work —Simple, quick introduction to Creative Commons licenses. Also available as a folded brochure. Guide to using public domain tools —Simple, quick introduction to Creative Commons’ public domain tools. Also available as a folded brochure. Three Layers of License (png).
What do the CC Buttons mean in Creative Commons?
The CC buttons are a shorthand way to convey the basic permissions associated with material offered under CC licenses. Creators and owners who apply CC licenses to their material can download and apply those buttons to communicate to users the permissions granted in advance.
Which is the best font for Creative Commons?
There are links to large format, high quality PNG versions of each graphic for web, print, presentations, and video. Logo set in Akzidenz Grotesk Bold. If unavailable, you can use our open license font (licensed CC BY-SA ), CC Accidenz Commons.