John Cabot University and the Frohring Library encourage authors to retain their copyright and grant adequate licenses to publishers. Creative Commons offers useful licensing solutions (e.g. CC BY or CC0 International licenses). Such licenses are good tools for providing open access in its broadest sense.
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All rights reserved |
It allows you to reproduce the works only with the express authorization of the copyright owner. |
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CC0 |
It allows to relinquish copyrights and release a work directly into the public domain. CC0 is a legal tool for waiving as many rights as legally possible. |
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CC BY |
It allows you to distribute, modify, create derivative works from the original, even for commercial purposes, provided that an acknowledgment of adequate authorship is recognized, a link to the license is provided, and it is indicated if changes have been made. |
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CC BY-SA |
It allows you to distribute, modify, create derivative works from the original, even for commercial purposes, provided that a mention of adequate authorship is recognized, a link to the license is provided, and it is indicated if changes have been made. The new work must have the same license as the original (therefore any derivative work will be allowed for commercial use). |
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CC BY-ND |
It allows you to distribute the original work without any modification, even for commercial purposes, provided that a mention of adequate authorship is recognized and a link to the license is provided. Therefore, it does not allow the distribution of works modified, remixed, or based on the work licensed with this license. |
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CC BY-NC |
It allows you to distribute, modify, create derivative works from the original, but not for commercial purposes, provided that an adequate paternity mention is recognized, a link to the license is provided, and it is indicated if changes have been made. Anyone who modifies the original work is not required to use the same licenses for derivative works. |
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CC BY-NC-SA |
It allows you to distribute, modify, create derivative works from the original, but not for commercial purposes, provided that a mention of adequate authorship is recognized, a link to the license is provided, and it is indicated if changes have been made. The new work must have the same license as the original (therefore, any derivative work will not be allowed for commercial use). |
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CC BY-NC-ND |
This license only allows you to download and share the original works on condition that they are not modified or used for commercial purposes, always attributing the authorship of the work to the author. |
