The Layers of Creative Commons Licenses

By Karin K.

The Layers of Creative

Commons Licenses

Each of the Creative Commons licenses have three layers.

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3  This design is creative and organized.

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3  It shows that licenses should be recognized by EVERYONE:

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3  It shows that licenses should be recognized by EVERYONE:

The people of the law

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3  It shows that licenses should be recognized by EVERYONE:

The people of the law

Creators of work

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3  It shows that licenses should be recognized by EVERYONE:

The people of the law

Creators of work

Users of work

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3  It shows that licenses should be recognized by EVERYONE:

The people of the law

Creators of work

Users of work

& The Web

1. Legal Code

1. Legal Code

This is in a language and format that most lawyers understand.

2. Human Readable

2. Human Readable

This is also called the Commons Deed.

2. Human Readable

This is also called the Commons Deed. It is for people who don't understand the legal code.

2. Human Readable

This is also called the Commons Deed. It is for people who don't understand the legal code. It points out the important points of the license.

2. Human Readable

This is also called the Commons Deed. It is for people who don't understand the legal code. It points out the important points of the license. This is a useful reference for licensors and licensees.

3. Machine Readable

3. Machine Readable

This layer is for:

3. Machine Readable

This layer is for: Search engines

3. Machine Readable

This layer is for: Search engines

Software systems

3. Machine Readable

This layer is for: Search engines

Software systems The Web

3. Machine Readable

This layer is for: Search engines

Software systems The Web

& Other technology

3. Machine Readable

This layer is for: Search engines

Software systems The Web

& Other technology

to know and understand the license of the work.

3. Machine Readable It is for the Web to know if work is under a Creative Commons license.

For more info on licenses and their layers...

For more info on licenses and their layers...

http://creativecommons.org/

To easily find licensed work...

To easily find licensed work...

http://search.creativecommons.org/

Credits Photos: 1. flickr/Here's another shot of Hamburger!/chichacha 2. flickr/Street Creative Commons/Giulio Zannol 3. Creative Commons/license-layers/Creative Commons Staff 4. flickr/My Trusty Gavel/Brian Turner 5. flickr/Reading/Kamil Porembinski 6. Viewology.Net/DSC_0236 MacBook Pro 13 Front View 7. flickr/Onion Macro/Jennifer Durfey 8. flickr/Stacked (133/365)/Andy Rennie 9. flickr/Creative Commons/Andres EM Websites: 1. creativecommons.org/licenses/ 2. labs.creativecommons.org/2011/demos/license-layers/

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