The Layers of Creative Commons Licenses

The Layers of
Creative
Commons
Licenses

By Karin K.

Each of the Creative Commons licenses have three layers.

This design is creative
and organized.

3

2

1

It shows that licenses should be recognized by EVERYONE:

3

2

1

The people

3

of the law

2

1

The people

3

of the law
Creators of
work

2

1

The people

3

of the law
Creators of
work
Users of

2

work

1

The people

3

of the law
Creators of
work
Users of

2

work
&
The Web

1

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

1. Legal Code

This is also called the Commons Deed.

2. Human Readable

It is for people who don't understand the legal code.

2. Human Readable

It points out the important points of the license.

2. Human Readable

It points out the important points of the license.
This is a useful reference for licensors and licensees.

2. Human Readable

This layer is for:

3. Machine Readable

This layer is for:
Search engines
3. Machine Readable

This layer is for:
Search engines
3. Machine Readable Software systems

This layer is for:
Search engines
The Web

This layer is for:
Search engines
The Web
&
Other technology

This layer is for:
Search engines
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/

The Layers of Creative Commons Licenses

The Layers of Creative Commons Licenses

More Related Content

Viewers also liked

Similar to The Layers of Creative Commons Licenses

More from International School of the Sacred Heart

Recently uploaded

The Layers of Creative Commons Licenses