An Analysis of ShareAlike Element in Creative Commons Licenses

Abstract

Abstract:

ShareAlike (SA) is one of the four elements of creative commons licenses. Now there are two SA licenses: BY-SA and BY-NC-SA. SA applies to derivative work. SA and Copyleft are similar, but not identical. SA licenses are strong licenses and absorb other licenses when remixing with other works. Wikipedia is BY-SA’s most famous users. Many open educational resources adopt BY-NC-SA.

Key words: Creative commons license, ShareAlike, BY-SA, BY-NC-SA, Copyleft

Fu Rong. An Analysis of ShareAlike Element in Creative Commons Licenses[J]. LIBRARY JOURNAL.

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