| Adapter’s license chart | Adapter’s license | |||||||
| BY-NC-ND BY | BY-NC-ND BY-NC | BY-NC-ND | BY-NC-SA | BY-NC-ND BY-ND | BY-NC-ND BY-SA | BY-NC-ND PD | ||
| Status of original work |
PD | |||||||
| BY | ||||||||
| BY-NC | ||||||||
| BY-NC-ND | ||||||||
| BY-NC-SA | ||||||||
| BY-ND | ||||||||
| BY-SA | ||||||||
FIGURE 4.11 CC adapter’s license chart
Figure from Creative Commons: https://creativecommons.org/faq/#can-i-combine-material-under-different-creative-commons-licenses-in-my-work
CC BY 4.0 | Desaturated from original
mons does not recommend using a license if the corresponding box is white, although doing so is technically permitted by the terms of the license. If you do, you should take additional care to mark the adaptation as involving multiple copyrights under different terms, so that downstream users are aware of their obligations to comply with the licenses from all rights holders. The light gray boxes indicate those licenses that you may not use as your adapter’s license.
HOW TO PICK YOUR ADAPTER’S LICENSE
If the underlying work is licensed with BY or BY-NC, we recommend that your adapter’s license include at least the same license elements as the license applied to the original. For example, if one adapts a BY-NC work, she will apply BY-NC to her adaptation. If one adapts a BY work, she could apply either BY or BY-NC to her adaptation.
If the underlying work is licensed with BY-SA or BY-NC-SA, your adapter’s license must be the same license applied to the original or a license that is designated as compatible to the original license. We’ll discuss license compatibility in more detail below.
Remember, if the underlying work is licensed with BY-ND or BY-NC-ND, you cannot distribute adaptations, so you don’t need to be concerned about what adapter’s license to apply.
