Open licences enable collaboration, development, access, and inspiration from your creative works without requiring you to give up the rights (copyright) automatically granted to you for your creation. An open licence lets you retain ownership of your work, while allowing others to use, share, and remix it, without requesting your permission. For most open licences, all that is required of the users is to attribute you for your work.
This resource can be adapted and used as library guide to educated the different sectors of the academic community on open licensing and Creative Commons.
Creators
B.C. Open
Type
Readings/Reference Materials
CPD Framework and Domain
Academic and Research Librarians
Copyright and Licensing
Assist user communities to understand the principles and application of open licensing, and the entire spectrum of Creative Commons licences.
Copyright license
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 International License
Copyright holder
British Columbia
Publisher/Source
University of British Columbia