Choosing a License Template
Creative Commons template options include:
- CC 0 - Public domain, waive all copyright control over your data in all jurisdictions worldwide. Data released with this license can be freely copied, modified, and distributed, even for commercial purposes. This is the default license in Dataverse, as one goal of the project is to promote open science.
- CC BY - This license lets others distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation.
- CC BY-NC - This license lets others remix, adapt, and build upon your work non-commercially, and although their new works must also acknowledge you and be non-commercial, they don’t have to license their derivative works on the same terms.
- CC BY-SA - This license lets others remix, adapt, and build upon your work even for commercial purposes, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms.
- CC BY-NC-SA - This license lets others remix, adapt, and build upon your work non-commercially, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms.
- CC BY-ND - This license allows reusers to copy and distribute the material in any medium or format in unadapted form only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. The license allows for commercial use.
- CC BY-NC-ND -This license allows reusers to copy and distribute the material in any medium or format in unadapted form only, for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator.
If you are not sure which license to choose, Creative Commons has a tool to help. This tool generates a license code that you can paste into your work and others can apply when referencing your data. The code includes a link to the license you chose:
