harder for people to use my CC-licensed work?” If the latter, then generally it’s a restriction and you can’t do it unless you remove the Creative Commons name from the work.
Note that all of the above applies to creators of CC-licensed work. You can never change the legal terms that apply to someone else’s CC-licensed work.
CHARGING FOR A CC-LICENSED WORK
The first part of this section dealt with the requirements connected to changing the legal terms on a CC-licensed work, whether by actually changing the license terms or using separate contracts to try to do so.
But what if you simply want to sell a CC-licensed work?
If you are the creator, then selling your work is always okay. In fact, selling physical copies (e. g., a textbook) and providing digital copies for free is a very common method for making money while using CC licenses.
Figure 4.8 highlights Cards Against Humanity, a card game available under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 2.0 license. Cards Against Humanity offers their cards decks online for free download but sells physical copies.
Charging for access to digital copies of a CC-licensed work is more difficult. It is permissible, but once someone pays for a copy of your work, they can legally distribute it to others for free under the terms of the applicable CC license.
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FIGURE 4.8 Stack of Cards Against Humanity packs
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Author: jareed | CC BY 2.0 | Desaturated from original
