License Versions
The main CC licenses have been released in four versions: 1.0, 2.0, 2.5 and 3.0. References to changes associated with each version will follow.
Contents
- 1 License Blog Posts
- 2 International License Development Processes
- 3 License Suite Version Chart
- 4 Nomenclature (for unported licenses)
- 5 Technical measures by licensees prohibited
- 6 Attribution to author required
- 7 Attribution to others contemplated
- 8 Requests for removal of attribution contemplated
- 9 Collecting societies regimes addressed
- 10 Representations and warranties by licensor included
- 11 "No endorsement" clause included
- 12 Moral rights clause included
- 13 Adaptations (if allowed) must be marked as such
- 14 Definition of "NonCommercial" unchanged (same in all versions)
- 15 Use of licenses for copyrightable compilations of data anticipated
- 16 Compatible licenses may be used for adaptations of works originally offered under CC ShareAlike licenses
- 17 Sui generis rights in data addressed
License Blog Posts
Initial version, released 2002-12-16. http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/3484
International License Development Processes
Released 2004-05-25. Changes explained at http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/4216
License Suite Version Chart
Released 2005-06. Changes described at: http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/5447 and http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/5457
Nomenclature (for unported licenses)
Released 2007-02-23. Version 3 explains the changes.
Technical measures by licensees prohibited
Version 3.01 was discussed 2007-10, work will be folded into a future version, possibly a version 3.5, proposed 2007-12, possibly a version 4.0 over a longer time period (3.01 and 3.5 are not now in active discussion and there may never be CC licenses with those version numbers).
