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'''For Software, Music and Video'''
'''For Software, Music and Video'''
*Creative Commons - [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/] Craft your own license, you choose what attributes you want to have associated with it.
*Creative Commons - [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/] Craft your own license, you choose what attributes you want to have associated with it.


'''Public Domain'''
'''Public Domain'''
*Once declared with a legal statement that something is in the public domain, you can use it as you want but not copyright it:)
*You can declared something into the Public Domain by providing a legal statement with it that states so.

Revision as of 09:47, 26 October 2011

Watch this video for a deeper understanding of the below licenses.


For Hardware 2 license options:


For Software

  • GPL - [1] Once under GPL derivatives must remain under GPL.
  • FreeBSD - [2] Once under FreeBSD, derivative licences can be changed.


For Software, Music and Video

  • Creative Commons - [3] Craft your own license, you choose what attributes you want to have associated with it.


Public Domain

  • You can declared something into the Public Domain by providing a legal statement with it that states so.