Sharing and collaboration
This chapter covers a lot about copyright, that © thing. We know that this means All rights reserved. We know that, excepting those fair use cases, people must ask for permission before recycling content. We know that a work is copyrighted on creation.
But what if we want to share our content, waiving certain rights? What if we want to collaborate on projects or to co-author with friends and perhaps with folks we've never even met? We could employ a lawyer to draft a license but, then again, that's pricey and, besides, who'll bother to read it, if they understand it?
Sack lawyers, employ creative commons
This is where copyright's co-worker, Creative Commons, shows up. CC enables us to grant rights for others to reuse a work while we retain copyright. There are six flavors:
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License |
What it allows |
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Attribution |
Do anything with the work. |
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Attribution share-alike |
Do anything, but let others do similarly with your resulting new work. |
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Attribution no derivatives |
Share... |
