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Creative Commons Licenses for Github
Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/santisoler/cc-licenses
Owner: santisoler
License: cc-by-4.0
Created: 2018-07-02T16:38:15.000Z (over 6 years ago)
Default Branch: main
Last Pushed: 2024-12-10T21:33:11.000Z (12 days ago)
Last Synced: 2024-12-16T01:02:56.611Z (7 days ago)
Topics: creative-commons, github, markdown, readme, translation
Homepage:
Size: 130 KB
Stars: 555
Watchers: 6
Forks: 302
Open Issues: 3
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
- Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
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README

        # Creative Commons Licenses for GitHub Projects

[![French](https://img.shields.io/badge/translation-FR-red)](fr/)

[![German](https://img.shields.io/badge/translation-DE-red)](de/)

[![Italian](https://img.shields.io/badge/translation-IT-red)](it/)

[![Polish](https://img.shields.io/badge/translation-PL-red)](pl/)

[![Spanish](https://img.shields.io/badge/translation-ES-red)](es/)

[![Portuguese](https://img.shields.io/badge/translation-PT-red)](pt/)

[![Turkish](https://img.shields.io/badge/translation-TR-red)](tr/)

In this repo you can find easy ways for applying Creative Commons Licenses on

Github repositories through Markdown language.

> **WARNING:**

> You shouldn't use Creative Commons licenses for software.

> Use Free Software Licenses for that kind of repositories, like GPL, BSD, etc.

> Creative Commons Licenses are meant for intellectual works only.

The easiest way for finding the right CC License for your project is the

[Creative Commons website](https://creativecommons.org/choose/).

Here we present six types of CC Licenses:

* [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International](#cc-attribution-40-international)

* [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](#cc-attribution-sharealike-40-international)

* [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International](#cc-attribution-noncommercial-40-international)

* [Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 4.0 International](#cc-attribution-noderivs-40-international)

* [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International](#cc-attribution-noncommercial-sharealike-40-international)

* [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International](#cc-attribution-noncommercial-noderivs-40-international)

More information about licenses, and plain-text formatted licenses texts can be

found on https://choosealicense.com/.

If you want to download vectorized version of Creative Commons images and other

related stuff, please visit https://creativecommons.org/about/downloads/.

## CC Attribution 4.0 International

To add a CC BY License to your project, just add the following to your

`README.md`. You should also copy the corresponding [license text

file](LICENSE-CC-BY) and rename it to `LICENSE`.

```markdown

Shield: [![CC BY 4.0][cc-by-shield]][cc-by]

This work is licensed under a

[Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License][cc-by].

[![CC BY 4.0][cc-by-image]][cc-by]

[cc-by]: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

[cc-by-image]: https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png

[cc-by-shield]: https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC%20BY%204.0-lightgrey.svg

```

Shield: [![CC BY 4.0][cc-by-shield]][cc-by]

This work is licensed under a

[Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License][cc-by].

[![CC BY 4.0][cc-by-image]][cc-by]

[cc-by]: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

[cc-by-image]: https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png

[cc-by-shield]: https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC%20BY%204.0-lightgrey.svg

## CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International

To add a CC BY-SA License to your project, just add the following to your

`README.md`. You should also copy the corresponding [license text

file](LICENSE-CC-BY-SA) and rename it to `LICENSE`.

```markdown

Shield: [![CC BY-SA 4.0][cc-by-sa-shield]][cc-by-sa]

This work is licensed under a

[Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License][cc-by-sa].

[![CC BY-SA 4.0][cc-by-sa-image]][cc-by-sa]

[cc-by-sa]: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[cc-by-sa-image]: https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-sa/4.0/88x31.png

[cc-by-sa-shield]: https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC%20BY--SA%204.0-lightgrey.svg

```

Shield: [![CC BY-SA 4.0][cc-by-sa-shield]][cc-by-sa]

This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0

International License][cc-by-sa].

[![CC BY-SA 4.0][cc-by-sa-image]][cc-by-sa]

[cc-by-sa]: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[cc-by-sa-image]: https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-sa/4.0/88x31.png

[cc-by-sa-shield]: https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC%20BY--SA%204.0-lightgrey.svg

## CC Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

To add a CC BY-NC License to your project, just add the following to your

`README.md`. You should also copy the corresponding [license text

file](LICENSE-CC-BY-NC) and rename it to `LICENSE`.

```markdown

Shield: [![CC BY-NC 4.0][cc-by-nc-shield]][cc-by-nc]

This work is licensed under a

[Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License][cc-by-nc].

[![CC BY-NC 4.0][cc-by-nc-image]][cc-by-nc]

[cc-by-nc]: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

[cc-by-nc-image]: https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nc/4.0/88x31.png

[cc-by-nc-shield]: https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC%20BY--NC%204.0-lightgrey.svg

```

Shield: [![CC BY-NC 4.0][cc-by-nc-shield]][cc-by-nc]

This work is licensed under a

[Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License][cc-by-nc].

[![CC BY-NC 4.0][cc-by-nc-image]][cc-by-nc]

[cc-by-nc]: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

[cc-by-nc-image]: https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nc/4.0/88x31.png

[cc-by-nc-shield]: https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC%20BY--NC%204.0-lightgrey.svg

## CC Attribution-NoDerivs 4.0 International

To add a CC BY-ND License to your project, just add the following to your

`README.md`. You should also copy the corresponding [license text

file](LICENSE-CC-BY-ND) and rename it to `LICENSE`.

```markdown

Shield: [![CC BY-ND 4.0][cc-by-nd-shield]][cc-by-nd]

This work is licensed under a

[Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 4.0 International License][cc-by-nd].

[![CC BY-ND 4.0][cc-by-nd-image]][cc-by-nd]

[cc-by-nd]: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/

[cc-by-nd-image]: https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nd/4.0/88x31.png

[cc-by-nd-shield]: https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC%20BY--ND%204.0-lightgrey.svg

```

Shield: [![CC BY-ND 4.0][cc-by-nd-shield]][cc-by-nd]

This work is licensed under a

[Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 4.0 International License][cc-by-nd].

[![CC BY-ND 4.0][cc-by-nd-image]][cc-by-nd]

[cc-by-nd]: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/

[cc-by-nd-image]: https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nd/4.0/88x31.png

[cc-by-nd-shield]: https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC%20BY--ND%204.0-lightgrey.svg

## CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

To add a CC BY-NC-SA License to your project, just add the following to your

`README.md`. You should also copy the corresponding [license text

file](LICENSE-CC-BY-NC-SA) and rename it to `LICENSE`.

```markdown

Shield: [![CC BY-NC-SA 4.0][cc-by-nc-sa-shield]][cc-by-nc-sa]

This work is licensed under a

[Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License][cc-by-nc-sa].

[![CC BY-NC-SA 4.0][cc-by-nc-sa-image]][cc-by-nc-sa]

[cc-by-nc-sa]: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

[cc-by-nc-sa-image]: https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/88x31.png

[cc-by-nc-sa-shield]: https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC%20BY--NC--SA%204.0-lightgrey.svg

```

Shield: [![CC BY-NC-SA 4.0][cc-by-nc-sa-shield]][cc-by-nc-sa]

This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0

International License][cc-by-nc-sa].

[![CC BY-NC-SA 4.0][cc-by-nc-sa-image]][cc-by-nc-sa]

[cc-by-nc-sa]: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

[cc-by-nc-sa-image]: https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/88x31.png

[cc-by-nc-sa-shield]: https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC%20BY--NC--SA%204.0-lightgrey.svg

## CC Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International

To add a CC BY-NC-ND License to your project, just add the following to your

`README.md`. You should also copy the corresponding [license text

file](LICENSE-CC-BY-NC-ND) and rename it to `LICENSE`.

```markdown

Shield: [![CC BY-NC-ND 4.0][cc-by-nc-nd-shield]][cc-by-nc-nd]

This work is licensed under a

[Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International License][cc-by-nc-nd].

[![CC BY-NC-ND 4.0][cc-by-nc-nd-image]][cc-by-nc-nd]

[cc-by-nc-nd]: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

[cc-by-nc-nd-image]: https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nc-nd/4.0/88x31.png

[cc-by-nc-nd-shield]: https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC%20BY--NC--ND%204.0-lightgrey.svg

```

Shield: [![CC BY-NC-ND 4.0][cc-by-nc-nd-shield]][cc-by-nc-nd]

This work is licensed under a

[Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International License][cc-by-nc-nd].

[![CC BY-NC-ND 4.0][cc-by-nc-nd-image]][cc-by-nc-nd]

[cc-by-nc-nd]: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

[cc-by-nc-nd-image]: https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nc-nd/4.0/88x31.png

[cc-by-nc-nd-shield]: https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC%20BY--NC--ND%204.0-lightgrey.svg

---

## License

This work is licensed under a

[Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License][cc-by].

[![CC BY 4.0][cc-by-image]][cc-by]

[cc-by]: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

[cc-by-image]: https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png