Navigating Creative Commons Licences

Learn about the four elements of Creative Commons licences and how they are combined to create six different licensing options! You'll also come away with an understanding of how Creative Commons licences are built using three distinct layers.

Examples here are provided in the Canadian context, but Creative Commons licences are designed to work worldwide.

This material is a derivative of the text made available from the June 2020 Creative Commons Certificate Course by Creative Commons, licensed CC BY 4.0. It contains content adapted from the Creative Commons Licence Chooser (Beta) by Creative Commons, licensed CC BY 4.0.