The licences in detail
Provided that the name of the author(s)/right holder(s) is/are acknowledged, this licence allows the content to be reproduced, distributed, and publicly presented. Modifications may be created and distributed.
This licence is considered to be fully compliant with open access, as it implements the requirement of free reuse as formulated in important open access declarations (e.g., the Berlin Declaration).
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Provided that the name of the author(s)/rights holder(s) is/are acknowledged, this licence allows the content to be reproduced, distributed, and publicly presented. The content may be modified (including translations of the work), but the modified version must be distributed under the same licence.
This licence is considered to be mostly compliant with open access, as all forms of reuse are permitted, but the publication of a modification is subject to the condition that it is published under the same licence.
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Provided that the name of the author(s)/rights holder(s) is/are acknowledged, this licence allows the content to be reproduced, distributed, and publicly presented. The content may not be modified or published in any other modified form. The content may be used commercially.
This licence is not considered compliant with open access, as it restricts various forms of reuse that are desired in the context of open access.
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Provided that the name of the author(s)/rights holder(s) is/are acknowledged, this licence allows the content to be reproduced, distributed, and publicly presented. The content may be modified or published in a modified form. The content may not be used commercially.
This licence is not considered compliant with open access, as it restricts various forms of reuse that are desired in the context of open access.
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Provided that the name of the author(s)/rights holder(s) is/are acknowledged, this licence allows the content to be reproduced, distributed, and publicly presented. The content may not be used commercially. The content may be modified (including translations of the work), but the modified version must be distributed under the same licence.
This licence is not considered compliant with open access, as it restricts various forms of reuse that are desired in the context of open access
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Provided that the name of the author(s)/rights holder(s) is/are acknowledged, this licence allows the content to be reproduced, distributed, and publicly presented. The content may not be used commercially. The content may not be modified or published in any other modified form.
This licence is not considered compliant with open access, as it restricts various forms of reuse that are desired in the context of open access.
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These Creative Commons licences are currently available in version 4.0. They are drafted in such a way that they are internationally applicable.