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Creative Commons in a Nutshell

Creative Commons in a Nutshell

Graphic is organized from Most Free (top) to Least Free (bottom)

Creative Commons Abbreviation	Creative Commons License Name	Can someone use it commercially?	Can someone create new versions of it?
CC BY	Attribution	Yes	Yes
CC BY SA	Share Alike	Yes	Yes with same license
CC By ND	No Derivatives	Yes	No
CC BY NC	Non-Commercial	No	Yes under any NC license
CC BY NC SA	Non-Commercial Share Alike	No	Yes with same license
CC BY NC ND	Non-Commercial No Derivatives	No	No