UGA Open Scholar provides a number of license options. The license option determines what others may do with your scholarly materials or research data, ranging from a broad license to do whatever they like (i.e., CC0, PDDL) to a narrow one that restricts non-commercial use and prevents distribution of derivative works (i.e., CC-BY-NC-ND).
Researchers are encouraged to select the most open license for their scholarly materials and research data. In cases where researchers are working with the UGA Innovation District and/or research outputs are expected to be patented or licensed for commercial purposes, researchers are encouraged to select CC-BY-NC or higher.
If you need help selecting a license, please contact the Research and Computational Data Management team who can provide additional guidance.
The following Creative Commons licenses are listed from least restrictive to most restrictive. Additional information about CC licenses is available on their FAQ page.
CC0With the Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal license, you waive all rights and place your work in the public domain.
CC-BYThe Creative Commons Attribution v4.0 International license allows others to distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as the original work is properly attributed to you.
CC-BY-SAThe Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike v4.0 International license allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as the original work is properly attributed to you and they license the derivatives under the identical terms.
CC-BY-NDThe Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives v4.0 International license allows others to redistribute your work for commercial or non-commercial purposes, as long as it is passed along unchanged and in whole and properly attributed to you.
CC-BY-NCThe Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial v4.0 International license allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, as long as the original work is properly attributed to you. Derivative works do not have to be licensed on the same terms as the original.
CC-BY-NC-SAThe Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike v4.0 International license allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, as long as the original work is properly attributed to you and the derivative works are licensed on the same terms as the original.
CC-BY-NC-NDThe Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives v4.0 International license allows others to share your work with others as long as they credit you. Your work can not be changed in any way or used commercially. This is the most restrictive Creative Commons license.
Open Data Commons (ODC) licenses were created specifically for data and databases. To understand how these licenses differ from other open licenses, visit the ODC license FAQ.
With the Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedicated license, you waive all rights and place your work in the public domain. It is comparable to the CC0 license.
The Open Data Commons Attribution license allows others to distribute, share, modify, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as the original work is properly attributed to you. It is comparable to the CC-BY license.
The Open Data Commons Open Database license allows others to distribute, share, modify, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as the original work is properly attributed to you and the derivative work is licensed on the same terms as the original. It is comparable to the CC-BY-SA license.