CC+ Protocol: Separate Agreements: You May Offer The Licensed Material Under Other
CC+ Protocol: Separate Agreements: You May Offer The Licensed Material Under Other
CC+ Protocol: Separate Agreements: You May Offer The Licensed Material Under Other
Yes. You may always choose to waive some license terms or conditions.
Material licensed under a CC license but with additional permissions
granted or conditions waived may be compatibly licensed with other
material under the same license. Our CC+ protocol provides a
mechanism for facilitating that grant or waiver.
After licensing
What happens if I offer my material under a Creative Commons license and
someone misuses them?
A CC license terminates automatically when its conditions are violated.
For example, if a reuser of CC-licensed material does not provide the
attribution required when sharing the work, then the user no longer has
the right to continue using the material and may be liable for copyright
infringement. The license is terminated for the user who violated the
license. However, all other users still have a valid license, so long as
they are in compliance.
Under the 4.0 licenses, a licensee automatically gets these rights back if
she fixes the violation within 30 days of discovering it.
If you apply a Creative Commons license and a user violates the license
conditions, you may opt to contact the person directly to ask them to
rectify the situation or consult a lawyer to act on your behalf. Creative
Commons is not a law firm and cannot represent you or give you legal
advice, but there are lawyers who have identified themselves as
interested in representing people in CC-related matters.
When I release my work under a CC license in one format (e.g., .pdf), can I restrict
licensees from changing it to or using it in other formats?
No. CC licenses grant permission to use the licensed material in any
media or format regardless of the format in which it has been made
available. This is true even if you have applied a NoDerivatives license
to your work. Once a CC license is applied to a work in one format or
medium, a licensee may use the same work in any other format or
medium without violating the licensor’s copyright.
For Licensees
Before using CC-licensed material