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Creative Commons
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Licenses
Creative commons licenses/waivers form a spectrum spanning from complete freedom (CC0, public domain, no conditions on use) to complete fascism (prohibiting basically everything except for non-commercial sharing). This means that NOT all Creative Commons licenses are free cultural licenses -- this is acknowledged by Creative Commons and part of the design. Keep in mind that as a good human you mustn't ever use licenses with NC (non-commercial use only) or ND (no derivatives allowed) clauses, these make your work non-free and therefore unusable.
Here is a comparison of the Creative Commons licenses/waivers, from most free to least free:
| name | abbreviation | free culture | use | share | remix | copyleft | attribution | non-commercial | comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creative Commons Zero | CC0 | yes :) | yes :) | yes :) | yes :) | no :) | no need :) | no :) | public domain, copyright waiver, no restrictions, most freedom, best, sadly doesn't waive patents and trademraks |
| Creative Commons Attribution | CC BY | yes :) | yes :) | yes :) | yes :) | no :) | forced :( | no :) | no restrictions except for requiring attribution to authors |
| Creative Commons Sharealike | CC SA | yes :) | yes :) | yes :) | yes :) | yes :/ | no need :) | no :) | retired, secret license, no longer recommended by CC, pure copyleft/sharealike without forced attribution |
| Creative Commons Attribution Sharealike | CC BY-SA | yes :) | yes :) | yes :) | yes :) | yes :/ | forced :( | no :) | requires attribution to authors and copyleft (sharing under same terms) |
| Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial | CC BY-NC | NO! :((( | yes but | yes but | yes but | yes :/ | forced :( | yes :( | proprietary fascist license prohibiting commercial use, DO NOT USE |
| Creative Commons Attribution NoDerivs | CC BY-ND | NO! :((( | yes but | yes but | NO! :( | yes :/ | forced :( | no but | proprietary fascist license prohibiting modifications, DO NOT USE |
| Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivs | CC BY-NC-ND | NO! :((( | yes but | yes but | NO! :( | yes :/ | forced :( | yes :( | proprietary fascist license prohibiting commercial use and even modifications, DO NOT USE |
| none (all rights reserved) | NO! :((( | NO! :( | NO! :( | NO! :( | FUCK YOU | FUCK YOU | FUCK YOU | proprietary fascist option, prohibits everything, DO NOT USE |