How to use CC+ to grant more permissions than CC licenses provide, such as patent rights; what CC licenses cover

1. Licensing Rights Beyond
Copyright
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Expanding and clarifying
the scope of CC licenses
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CC Global Summit 2015
Seoul
Diane Peters, General Counsel

2. Scope of CC licenses – a refresher
v1.0 –
v3.0 Copyright and neighboring rights
(undefined except for license grant)
v4.0 Copyright and Similar Rights
(defined)
“… copyright and/or similar rights closely related to
copyright including, without limitation, performance,
broadcast, sound recording, and Sui Generis Database
Rights, without regard to how the rights are labeled or
categorized. For purposes of this Public License, the rights
specified in Section 2(b)(1)-(2) are not Copyright and Similar
Rights.”
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

3. https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/License_Versions

4. Three Simple Rules

5. Rule #1
More permissions may always be granted
CC licenses are non exclusive

6. Rule #2
Additional permissions are
separate arrangements
“Any arrangements, understandings, or
agreements regarding the Licensed Material
not stated herein are separate from and
independent of the terms and conditions of this
Public License.”
v4.0, Section 7b

7. CC License Rule #3
(trademark)
A modified CC license a CC license≠
“You may not use our trademarks or branding if [you] provide an
interpretation of a license term that contradicts the plain
meaning of the standard CC terms.”
“CC+ (and use of that mark) requires that the work be licensed
under a standard CC license that provides a baseline set of
permissions that have not been modified or customized but
reproduces the license verbatim.”
https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Modifying_the_CC_licenses
https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/CCPlus#

8. Granting more permissions;
clarifying license scope to avoid doubt
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Extension Mechanisms

9. Standalone License
Self-contained and independent
of the CC license

10. “Plug-In” License
Semi-independent – a grant of additional or
clarifying permissions
• Relies upon and builds upon fundaments of
underlying core license
• Ideally clarifies how additional permission and
conditions interact with core license

11. CC+
CC license (or CC0)
+
separate agreement granting more permissions
https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/CCPlus

13. Questions?
diane@creativecommons.org
Licensed under a CC BY 4.0 International license.