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# Creative Commons Licenses for GitHub Projects
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In this repo you can find easy ways for applying Creative Commons Licenses on
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Github repositories through Markdown language.
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> **WARNING:**
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> You shouldn't use Creative Commons licenses for software.
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> Use Free Software Licenses for that kind of repositories, like GPL, BSD, etc.
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> Creative Commons Licenses are meant for intellectual works only.
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The easiest way for finding the right CC License for your project is the
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[Creative Commons website](https://creativecommons.org/choose/).
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Here we present three types of CC Licenses:
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* [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International](#cc-attribution-40-international)
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* [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](#cc-attribution-sharealike-40-international)
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* [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International](#cc-attribution-noncommercial-sharealike-40-international)
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More information about licenses, and plain-text formatted licenses texts can be
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found on https://choosealicense.com/.
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If you want to download vectorized version of Creative Commons images and other
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related stuff, please visit https://creativecommons.org/about/downloads/.
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## CC Attribution 4.0 International
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To add a CC BY License to your project, just add the following to your
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`README.md`. You should also copy the corresponding [license text
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file](LICENSE-CC-BY) and rename it to `LICENSE`.
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```markdown
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Shield: [![CC BY 4.0][cc-by-shield]][cc-by]
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This work is licensed under a
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[Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License][cc-by].
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[![CC BY 4.0][cc-by-image]][cc-by]
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[cc-by]: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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[cc-by-image]: https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png
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[cc-by-shield]: https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC%20BY%204.0-lightgrey.svg
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```
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Shield: [![CC BY 4.0][cc-by-shield]][cc-by]
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This work is licensed under a
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[Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License][cc-by].
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[![CC BY 4.0][cc-by-image]][cc-by]
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[cc-by]: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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[cc-by-image]: https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png
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[cc-by-shield]: https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC%20BY%204.0-lightgrey.svg
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## CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
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To add a CC BY-SA License to your project, just add the following to your
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`README.md`. You should also copy the corresponding [license text
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file](LICENSE-CC-BY-SA) and rename it to `LICENSE`.
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```markdown
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Shield: [![CC BY-SA 4.0][cc-by-sa-shield]][cc-by-sa]
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This work is licensed under a
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[Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License][cc-by-sa].
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[![CC BY-SA 4.0][cc-by-sa-image]][cc-by-sa]
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[cc-by-sa]: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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[cc-by-sa-image]: https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-sa/4.0/88x31.png
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[cc-by-sa-shield]: https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC%20BY--SA%204.0-lightgrey.svg
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```
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Shield: [![CC BY-SA 4.0][cc-by-sa-shield]][cc-by-sa]
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This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
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International License][cc-by-sa].
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[![CC BY-SA 4.0][cc-by-sa-image]][cc-by-sa]
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[cc-by-sa]: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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[cc-by-sa-image]: https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-sa/4.0/88x31.png
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[cc-by-sa-shield]: https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC%20BY--SA%204.0-lightgrey.svg
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## CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
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To add a CC BY-NC-SA License to your project, just add the following to your
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`README.md`. You should also copy the corresponding [license text
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file](LICENSE-CC-BY-NC-SA) and rename it to `LICENSE`.
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```markdown
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Shield: [![CC BY-NC-SA 4.0][cc-by-nc-sa-shield]][cc-by-nc-sa]
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This work is licensed under a
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[Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License][cc-by-nc-sa].
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[![CC BY-NC-SA 4.0][cc-by-nc-sa-image]][cc-by-nc-sa]
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[cc-by-nc-sa]: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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[cc-by-nc-sa-image]: https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/88x31.png
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[cc-by-nc-sa-shield]: https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC%20BY--NC--SA%204.0-lightgrey.svg
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```
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Shield: [![CC BY-NC-SA 4.0][cc-by-nc-sa-shield]][cc-by-nc-sa]
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This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0
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International License][cc-by-nc-sa].
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[![CC BY-NC-SA 4.0][cc-by-nc-sa-image]][cc-by-nc-sa]
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[cc-by-nc-sa]: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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[cc-by-nc-sa-image]: https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/88x31.png
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[cc-by-nc-sa-shield]: https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC%20BY--NC--SA%204.0-lightgrey.svg
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