Editing Creative Commons license (section)

== Rights and obligations ==
=== Attribution ===
Since 2004, all current licenses other than the CC0 variant require attribution of the original author, as signified by the BY component (as in the preposition "by").<ref name="Creativecommons.org-2004" /> The attribution must be given to "the best of [one's] ability using the information available".<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 2, 2010 |title=Frequently Frequently Asked Questions |url=http://wiki.creativecommons.org/FFAQ#How_do_I_properly_attribute_a_Creative_Commons_licensed_work.3F |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100226070130/http://wiki.creativecommons.org/FFAQ#How_do_I_properly_attribute_a_Creative_Commons_licensed_work.3F |archive-date=February 26, 2010 |access-date=February 22, 2010 |publisher=[[Creative Commons]] |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Creative Commons suggests the mnemonic "TASL": ''title'' – ''author – source'' [web link] – [CC] ''licence''.<br /> Generally this implies the following:
* '''Include any copyright notices (if applicable)'''. If the work itself contains any copyright notices placed there by the copyright holder, those notices must be left intact, or reproduced in a way that is reasonable to the medium in which the work is being re-published.
* '''Cite the author's name, screen name, or user ID''', etc. If the work is being published on the Internet, it is nice to link that name to the person's profile page, if such a page exists.
* '''Cite the work's title or name (if applicable)''', if such a thing exists. If the work is being published on the Internet, it is nice to link the name or title directly to the original work.
* '''Cite the specific CC license the work is under'''. If the work is being published on the Internet, it is nice if the license citation links to the license on the CC website.
* '''Mention if the work is a derivative work or adaptation'''. In addition to the above, one needs to identify that their work is a derivative work, e.g., "This is a Finnish translation of [original work] by [author]." or "Screenplay based on [original work] by [author]."

=== Non-commercial licenses ===
{{Main|Creative Commons NonCommercial license}}
The NonCommercial license allows image creators to restrict selling and profiting from their works by other parties and thus maintaining free of charge access to images.

The "non-commercial" option included in some Creative Commons licenses is controversial in definition,<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 14, 2009 |title=Defining Noncommercial report published |url=https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/17127 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921060638/http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/17127 |archive-date=September 21, 2013 |access-date=September 20, 2013 |publisher=Creativecommons.org |df=mdy-all}}</ref> as it is sometimes unclear what can be considered a non-commercial setting, and application, since its restrictions differ from the principles of [[open content]] promoted by other [[permissive license]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 26, 2013 |title=The Case for Free Use: Reasons Not to Use a Creative Commons -NC License |url=http://freedomdefined.org/Licenses/NC |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709051540/http://freedomdefined.org/Licenses/NC |archive-date=July 9, 2012 |access-date=September 20, 2013 |publisher=Freedomdefined.org |df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 2014 [[Wikimedia Deutschland]] published a guide to using Creative Commons licenses as [[m:Open Content - A Practical Guide to Using Creative Commons Licences|wiki pages]] for translations and as PDF.<ref name="Till Kreutzer-2014">{{Cite book |last=Till Kreutzer |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Open_Content_A_Practical_Guide_to_Using_Creative_Commons_Licences_web.pdf |title=Open Content – A Practical Guide to Using Creative Commons Licenses |publisher=[[List of Wikimedia chapters|Wikimedia Deutschland]] e.a. |year=2014 |isbn=978-3-940785-57-2 |access-date=March 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404014103/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Open_Content_A_Practical_Guide_to_Using_Creative_Commons_Licences_web.pdf |archive-date=April 4, 2015 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

=== Adaptability ===
[[File:Derivative of medical imaging.jpg|thumb|An example of a permitted combination of two works, one being CC BY-SA and the other being public domain]]
Rights in an adaptation can be expressed by a CC license that is compatible with the status or licensing of the original work or works on which the adaptation is based.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frequently Asked Questions |url=http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Frequently_Asked_Questions#Can_I_combine_material_that_uses_different_Creative_Commons_licenses_into_my_work.3F |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325054613/http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Frequently_Asked_Questions#Can_I_combine_material_that_uses_different_Creative_Commons_licenses_into_my_work.3F |archive-date=March 25, 2014 |access-date=March 25, 2014 |work=CC Wiki |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

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|+ [[License compatibility]] chart for combining or mixing two CC licensed works<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-07-14 |title=Frequently Asked Questions |url=https://creativecommons.org/faq/#can-i-combine-material-under-different-creative-commons-licenses-in-my-work |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127205528/http://wiki.creativecommons.org/FAQ#can-i-combine-material-under-different-creative-commons-licenses-in-my-work |archive-date=November 27, 2010 |access-date=2016-08-01 |website=Creative Commons |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>Creative Commons licenses without a non-commercial or no-derivatives requirement, including public domain/CC0, are all cross-compatible. Non-commercial licenses are compatible with each other and with less restrictive licenses, except for Attribution-ShareAlike. No-derivatives licenses are not compatible with any license, including themselves.</ref>
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