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Creative Commons Licenses — Grouping Licenses by Possible Uses

An overview of the open licenses called Creative Commons, which are important in both open access publishing and in Open Education Resources (OER.)

Grouping the CC Licenses by Possible Uses

This list of licenses, grouped by colors for different kinds of uses is very helpful. Which licenses allow modifications to the original work? Which can be used commercially? Which require attribution? Which require the same license to be used going forward?