Licencias Creative Commons (CC)

What are they?

Creative Commons licenses are a standardized legal framework that allows authors to publicly indicate which uses they authorize for their publications, without managing permissions on a case-by-case basis. Publishing under a CC license does not mean transferring authorship: the author retains copyright and simply communicates the conditions of use to the world.

Most common types in academic journals

License Permitted uses Commercial use Derivative works
CC BY Any use with attribution Yes Yes
CC BY-NC Non-commercial use with attribution No Yes
CC BY-NC-SA Non-commercial use, derivatives under same license No Only under CC BY-NC-SA
CC BY-ND Redistribution with attribution, no modifications Yes No

CC BY-NC is the most widely used license among Latin American university journals. CC BY is the license recommended by most public funding agencies for research funded with public resources.

Why does the choice of license matter?

The license affects the article's visibility, its eligibility for certain indexes and funding schemes, and the type of reuse the academic community can make of the work.

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