What are Creative Commons licenses?

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The Creative Commons license is an international non-profit organization of North American origin. Its intention is to offer free licenses to creators, and to make their art publicly available ; thus, other people can use it under certain conditions.

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It is the same thing that happens when an article is published in a netherlands whatsapp resource newspaper, magazine, etc., or when a song is created: these types of creations are under copyright and in order to use or copy them, the creator's permission must be obtained.

However, CC licenses allow the author of the work to select how they want their work, art or image to be used.

When a creator releases permissions on Creative Commons images, people who want to use them know what they can and cannot do. And if they use it for purposes not stated in the license, they must ask the author's permission.

The good thing about Creative Commons images is that they are generally used for educational purposes; that is, both you and anyone who wants to create content for teaching can use and modify them, if the license allows it .

Types of Creative Commons licenses
CC BY (Attribution)
This means that the selected Creative Commons images can be used without restrictions, regardless of whether they are modified, whether they are kept in the original version, or for what purpose they will be used. However, this type of license requires the following points:

The author must be recognized as such , and named in the manner requested by the creator.
If Creative Commons images have been modified in any way, it must be indicated that it is a version of the original.
Copyright must be referenced with a link to the original version's website.
If the owner of the work wishes the license information to be removed, this should be done.
CC BY- NC (Attribution, Non-Commercial)
This means that images with a Creative Commons license reserve the right for commercial use; that is, the person who wants to use it cannot use it to make a profit from the material.

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share Alike)
This type of Creative Commons license means that the work can be adapted, and modified versions can be shared under the conditions of the CC BY license . However, commercial use is limited under CC BY-NC licenses.

CC- BY-NC-ND (Attribution, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives)
As the term itself indicates, it is the type of CC license that prevents modifications and commercial use. The work can be shared, used and downloaded, but the copy must be used verbatim.

CC BY-SA (Attribution, Share Alike)
The license allows derivative and commercial use of the work or image, as long as recognition is made as originally stated (see again CC BY).

CC BY-ND (Attribution, No Derivatives)
Commercial use of the image is permitted, but modifications to the original work are not permitted. As in the previous case, attribution or recognition must be made using the Creative Commons BY (CC BY) license.

Now, if your question is which of the licenses is the most convenient when choosing an image? Our answer is: it depends.

First of all, you should be aware of what you want it for, and based on your intention, start looking for Creative Commons images with the most suitable license. For example, you could choose CC BY, because it has no restrictions.

Or you can choose CC BY SA, because like the first one, it allows you to use the image more freely. However, before choosing it, carefully study what you want to do with the material.