Creative Commons KE

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#Idlelo6 Welcome to in Nairobi, Kenya, on March 24th - 28th 2014 at Strathmore University, Auditorium (tentative) the 6th African Conference on FOSS and the Digital Commons ( ), is set. The Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa - FOSSFA, international partners…

Know you CC Icons:

CREATIVE COMMONS

Whenever you see this icon, it means that there are a set of licences attached to the work giving more freedoms to the public than traditional copyright.

Know you Creative Commons Licences:

Why do you need a licence?

As an author of a creative work you may wish to permit certain use of your copyright works based on your conditions to such use. Based on these, you can then clearly indicate how people can use your work.

You will start by considering the types of conditions you would like attached to your work.
The four conditions are:
BY- Attribution: Where a work is copied, redistributed or remixed under CC Credit (attribution) must be given to the original author in the way they request.

SA- Share Alike: Allows copying, distribution, display and performance or modification of derivative works only under the same license conditions governing the original work.

ND- Non Derivative works: Allows copying, distribution, display and performance only of original copies of author’s work. For modification author’s permission is required first.

NC- Non Commercial: Allows copying, distribution, display and performance of the work only for Non-Commercial purposes unless permission is requested first.

The following six licences are then available to use under CC:


1. Attribution (BY) – this allows copying, distribution, remix, tweaking and building upon the work. However, it is important that credit is given to the original author.


2. Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC) – allows copying, distribution, remix, tweaking and building upon the work as long as it is not for a commercial purpose and must credit the original author.


3. Attribution Share Alike (BY-SA) – this allows remixing, tweaking and building on it (including commercial use) whilst crediting original author and licensing any derivative works under the same terms.


4. Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike(BY-NC-SA) – other can use provided it is for non-commercial purposes, credits the original author and licenses any new creations under identical terms.


5. Attribution No Derivative works (BY-ND) - allows the work to be utilized in its current form for both commercial and non-commercial purposes provided it remains unchanged, not used for derivative works and credit is given to the original author.


6. Attribution Non- Commercial No Derivative works (BY-NC-ND) – This is the most restrictive license allowing copying and sharing of works only in original form for non-commercial purposes and credit should be provided to the original author.

For more information visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/
and www.creativecommonske.org

About The Licenses - Creative Commons All Creative Commons licenses have many important features in common. Every license helps creators — we call them licensors if they use our tools — retain copyright while allowing others to copy, distribute, and make some uses of their work — at least non-commercially. Every Creative Commons license...

What is CopyrightX?

CopyrightX is is an initiative of Harvard Law school's HarvardX programme by Professor William Fisher. It is a 12 week distance learning course on the law of Copyright.

Why may this be relevant to you?
If you use any creative works: music, books, movies, art etc. there will usually be a restrictive copyright licence preventing certain use of the work.

The course will explore various alternatives to such copyright under the Creative Commons Licences which allow greater freedoms to use, publish, share and publish such works. No doubt this will be relevant to you.

Of benefit is that each participant who passes the exam will be awarded a HarvardX certificate.

How much will it cost?
The course is Free under the creative commons movement.

Who is organizing the course?
Creative Commons Kenya will be the Satellite for the Harvard X course.

Where will the course be?
The course is likely to be held at the Strathmore University Law School, Kenya upon confirmation.

For more information visit www.copyx.org and apply.

CopyrightX CopyrightX is a twelve-week networked course, offered each Spring under the auspices of Harvard Law School, the HarvardX distance-learning initiative, and the Berkman Center for Internet and Society. The course explores the current law of copyright and the ongoing debates concerning how that law sh...

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