For example:įor the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement is designed to prevent you from reusing content available under a Creative Commons license according to the terms and conditions of the applicable license.Īt the end of the day, we want to ensure that people who come across CC-licensed work can trust that they can use that work under the terms of the CC license. In these cases, we recommend adding language that clarifies that these and other restrictions do not apply to CC-licensed content. For example, a platform may include terms that limit use of the platform to noncommercial purposes. CC strongly discourages this practice.Your platform may have extra restrictions that are not intended for CC-licensed content. Imposing additional terms that contradict the CC license confuses users and undermines the point of license standardization. include restrictions on how content on the platform may be used. In some cases the platform will specify the particular types of CC-licensed content that are permitted, and in other the onus is on the uploader to make the determination (see example below). The decision to allow users to upload third party content, and which Creative Commons licenses are permitted, comes down to how the content could be used by both the platform itself and other users.

Third-party content contributed to your platformīe clear about what permissions the user needs from the author. If you choose to apply a CC license to any of it, just be sure to mark which license applies (type and version) and signal any content that is not covered by the license, such as company logos or other trademarks. You’re the copyright holder for this type of content. (Click here for more about Terms of Service) Content owned by the platform

In nearly all cases, this content remains owned by the user, and the platform gets the rights to host it via the CC license that is applied or via a separate license in the terms of service. Signal which license applies to which content. Decide which of the six license types and two public domain tools you want to enable users to apply. Ensure your user understands the basics of how the licenses work - especially since they’re irrevocable.

Licence toolkit for facebook