Jorum Open Licensing Guide

JorumOpen Licensing Guide What is JorumOpen?

The JorumOpen collection is the choice for creators/owners who are willing and able to share materials, for anyone to use via the web, under Creative Commons (CC) licences. With a Creative Commons licence, you keep your copyright but allow others to copy and distribute your work, provided they attribute your work and adhere to the conditions you specify in the licence.

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What is Creative Commons?

Creative Commons (CC) is a non-profit organisation which has developed a suite of online licences, which permit varying degrees of copying and reuse of content, and can be embedded into a range of resources. These licences can be used by anyone to communicate how their work can be used, shared and repurposed. You can use CC licences to provide access to resources, as long as you own the rights to the resources, or have specific permission from the rights holder to do so.

Creative Commons licences apply alongside copyright, so you can modify your copyright terms to best suit your needs.

JorumOpen currently offers depositors the option to choose from the Creative Commons V2.0 UK suite of licences.

Further information on the use of Creative Commons licences can be found at: http://creativecommons.org/

Why should I share my resources openly?

Sharing your work under a Creative Commons licence can bring many advantages. Your learning and teaching resources can benefit those who teach anywhere in the world, and allow others to learn from your expertise. Open educational resources (OER) can also act as a showcase for you and your institution. Sharing resources openly increases the amount of resources available; by depositing resources in JorumOpen, the collection is enriched, making it more attractive to other users, and encouraging them to share.

Useful links: • FAQs on Creative Commons can be found at: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/FAQ • FAQs surrounding the use of JorumOpen can be found at: http://www.jorum.ac.uk/support/faqs.html • JISC Legal provides legal guidance for ICT use in education and research: http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/ • This JISC Briefing Paper on Creative Commons licences (2009) provides a useful overview, examples and further reading: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/documents/bpcreativecommons.aspx Selecting a CC licence • For information on selecting the right licence for your work see: http://creativecommons.org/choose/ How to apply a CC licence to your resource • This CC Learn step-by-step guide provides information on applying CC licences, such as how to include a visible licence notice in your document, video, or other publication: http://www.scribd.com/doc/15059968/Cclearn-Step-by-Step-Applying-Cc-Licenses-06-Apr-09 This work is licensed under: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/uk/

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What do the Creative Commons (CC) symbols represent?

JorumOpen Licensing Guide

The following information has been taken from the Creative Commons website, and is based on the V2.0 UK suite of licences. Further information can be found at: http://creativecommons.org/

Attribution

Share Alike

“BY”

“SA”

You let others copy, distribute, display and perform your copyrighted work — and derivative works based upon it — but only if they give credit the way you request.

You allow others to distribute derivative works only under a licence identical to the licence that governs your work.

Non-commercial “NC”

You let others copy, distribute, display and perform your work — and derivative works based upon it — but for noncommercial purposes only.

No Derivative Works “ND” You let others copy, distribute, display and perform only verbatim copies of your work, not derivative works based upon it.

What are the six Creative Commons Licences?

Attribution This licence is the most accommodating licence, which allows others to distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation.

Attribution Share Alike This licence lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms.

All new works based on yours will carry the same licence, so any derivatives will also allow commercial use.

Attribution No Derivatives This licence allows for redistribution, commercial and non-commercial, as long as it is passed along unchanged and in whole, with credit to you.

Attribution Non-Commercial This licence lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, and although their new works must also acknowledge you and be non-commercial, they don’t have to license their derivative works on the same terms.

Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike This licence lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms. Others can download and redistribute your work, just like the by-nc-nd licence, but they can also translate, make remixes and produce new stories based on your work. All new work based on yours will carry the same licence, so any derivatives will also be non-commercial in nature.

Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives This licence is the most restrictive of the six main licences, allowing redistribution. This licence is often called the “free advertising” licence, because it allows others to download your works and share them with others, as long as they mention you and link back to you, but they can’t change them in any way or use them commercially.

This work is licensed under: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/uk/

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JorumOpen licensing guide - December 2009