UBC Wiki:Creative Commons Licenses

What is a Creative Commons License?

Creative Commons licenses are several licenses that allow the distribution of copyrighted works. The licenses differ by several combinations that condition the terms of distribution. They were initially released on December 16, 2002 by Creative Commons, a United States on-profit corporation founded in 2001.

Why should I add a Creative Commons License to my wiki page?

By adding a creative commons license to your wiki page, you are able to license the content of wiki page Creative Commons License. This will make everyone easier to share, reuse and remix the content you have created.

How to add a Creative Commons License to your page

the list of the license you can use when you type "cc-by"

Under the License Templates in this page, copy the wiki markup of the license , and paste it to your page . For example, if you want to add CC by 4.0 license to your page:

Go to a page that you want to add a license and press edit.
Go to insert> template and type cc-by-4.0. Select this and click on add template.
Ignore the "Add more information" and press Insert.

On Wikitext

If you want to use wikitext editor, just type

 {{cc-by-4.0}}

to your page.

License Templates

Here are some of the Creative Commons License Templates available on UBC Wiki. Feel free to add more.

How to add

Purpose

Template Display

Under Insert Template, type cc-by-sa-1.0 or
Wikitext: {{cc-by-sa-1.0}}

Allow your work to be reused:

with attribution
with same license as original

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document according to the terms in Creative Commons License, Attribution-ShareAlike 1.0. The full text of this license may be found here: CC by-sa 1.0

Under Insert Template, type cc-by-sa-2.0
Wikitext: {{cc-by-sa-2.0}}

Allow your work to be reused:

with attribution
with same license as original

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document according to the terms in Creative Commons License, Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0. The full text of this license may be found here: CC by-sa 2.0

Under Insert Template, type cc-by-sa-2.5 or
Wikitext: {{cc-by-sa-2.5}}

Allow your work to be reused:

with attribution
with same license as original

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document according to the terms in Creative Commons License, Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5. The full text of this license may be found here: CC by-sa 2.5

Under Insert Template, type cc-by-sa-3.0
Wikitext: {{cc-by-sa-3.0}}

Allow your work to be reused:

with attribution
with same license as original

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document according to the terms in Creative Commons License, Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. The full text of this license may be found here: CC by-sa 3.0

Under Insert Template, type cc-by-sa-4.0
Wikitext: {{cc-by-sa-4.0}}

Allow your work to be reused:

with attribution
with same license as original

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document according to the terms in Creative Commons License, Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. The full text of this license may be found here: CC by-sa 4.0

Under Insert Template, type cc-by-sa-all
Wikitext: {{cc-by-sa-all}}

Allow your work to be reused:

with attribution
with same license as original

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document according to the terms of Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike version 1.0 or any later version. The full text of these licenses may be found here: CC by-sa 1.0, CC by-sa 2.0, CC by-sa 2.5, CC by-sa 3.0, CC by-sa 4.0

Under Insert Template, type cc-by-3.0
Wikitext: {{cc-by-3.0}}

Allow your work to be reused:

with attribution

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document according to the terms in Creative Commons License, Attribution 3.0. The full text of this license may be found here: CC by 3.0

Under Insert Template, type cc-by-4.0
Wikitext: {{cc-by-4.0}}

Allow your work to be reused:

with attribution

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document according to the terms in Creative Commons License, Attribution 4.0 International . The full text of this license may be found here: CC by 4.0

Under Insert Template, type cc-by-nc-3.0
Wikitext: {{cc-by-nc-3.0}}

Allow your work to be reused:

with attribution
for non-commercial purposes

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document according to the terms in Creative Commons License, Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0. The full text of this license may be found here: CC by-nc 3.0

Under Insert Template, type cc-by-nc-4.0
Wikitext: {{cc-by-nc-4.0}}

Allow your work to be reused:

with attribution
for non-commercial purposes

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document according to the terms in Creative Commons License, Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International . The full text of this license may be found here: CC by-nc 4.0

Under Insert Template, type cc-by-nc-sa-3.0
Wikitext: {{cc-by-nc-sa-3.0}}

Allow your work to be reused:

with attribution
for non-commercial purposes
you allow modifications to your work as long as they also share their work

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document according to the terms in Creative Commons License, Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0. The full text of this license may be found here: CC by-nc-sa 3.0

Under Insert Template, type cc-by-nc-sa-4.0
Wikitext: {{cc-by-nc-sa-4.0}}

Allow your work to be reused:

with attribution
for non-commercial purposes
you allow modifications to your work as long as they also share their work

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document according to the terms in Creative Commons License, Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International. The full text of this license may be found here: CC by-nc-sa 4.0

Under Insert Template, type dual-gfdl-cc-by-sa-1.0
Wikitext: {{dual-gfdl-cc-by-sa-1.0}}

for content under both cc-by-sa 1.0 and GFDL

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document according to the terms in Creative Commons License, Attribution Share-Alike 1.0 and the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL)

Under Insert Template, type dual-gfdl-cc-by-sa-any
Wikitext: {{dual-gfdl-cc-by-sa-any}}

for content under any version of cc-by-sa and GFDL

This picture is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license version 1.0,2.0, 2.5, 3.0 , 4.0 and any later versions, and the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL).

Under Insert Template, type PublicDomain
Wikitext: {{PublicDomain}}

Allows your work to be reused without attribution.

You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Public Domain 1.0. The full text of this license may be found here: Public Domain

Under Insert Template, type cc-0-1.0
Wikitext: {{cc-0-1.0}}

Allows your work to be reused without attribution.

You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Public Domain Dedication 1.0. The full text of this license may be found here: CC0 1.0

UBC Wiki:Creative Commons Licenses

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