The Creative Commons Rights Expression Language (ccREL) lets you

　　describe copyright licenses in RDF. For more information on describing

　　licenses in RDF and attaching those descriptions to digital works, see

　　ccREL

　　in the

　　Creative Commons wiki

　　.

　　Work

　　a potentially copyrightable work

　　License

　　a set of requests/permissions to users of a Work, e.g. a copyright

　　license, the public domain, information for distributors

　　Jurisdiction

　　the legal jurisdiction of a license

　　Permission

　　an action that may or may not be allowed or desired

　　Requirement

　　an action that may or may not be requested of you

　　Prohibition

　　something you may be asked not to do

　　Reproduction

　　making multiple copies

　　Distribution

　　distribution, public display, and publicly performance

　　Derivative Works

　　distribution of derivative works

　　Sharing

　　permits commercial derivatives, but only non-commercial distribution

　　Notice

　　copyright and license notices be kept intact

　　Attribution

　　credit be given to copyright holder and/or author

　　Share Alike

　　derivative works be licensed under the same terms or compatible terms

　　as the original work

　　Source Code

　　source code (the preferred form for making modifications) must be

　　provided when exercising some rights granted by the license.

　　Copyleft

　　derivative and combined works must be licensed under specified terms,

　　similar to those on the original work

　　Lesser Copyleft

　　derivative works must be licensed under specified terms, with at least

　　the same conditions as the original work; combinations with the work

　　may be licensed under different terms

　　Commercial Use

　　exercising rights for commercial purposes

　　High Income Nation Use

　　use in a non-developing country

　　cc:permits

　　A

　　License

　　permits

　　a

　　Permission

　　.

　　cc:requires

　　A

　　License

　　requires

　　a

　　Requirement

　　.

　　cc:prohibits

　　A

　　License

　　prohibits

　　a

　　Prohibition

　　.

　　cc:jurisdiction

　　A

　　License

　　may have a

　　jurisdiction

　　, as defined by

　　Jurisdictions

　　.

　　cc:legalcode

　　The

　　URL

　　of the legal text of a

　　License

　　.

　　cc:deprecatedOn

　　A

　　License

　　may be deprecated; provides the

　　date

　　deprecated on

　　.

　　cc:license

　　A

　　Work

　　has license

　　a

　　License

　　.

　　(a

　　subproperty of dcterms:license

　　,

　　the same as xhtml:license

　　)

　　cc:morePermissions

　　A

　　related

　　resource

　　which describes additional permissions or alternative licenses for a

　　Work

　　which may be available.

　　cc:attributionName

　　The

　　name the creator

　　of a

　　Work

　　would like used when attributing re-use.

　　cc:attributionURL

　　The

　　URL

　　the creator of a

　　Work

　　would like used when attributing re-use.

　　cc:useGuidelines

　　A

　　related

　　resource

　　which defines non-binding use guidelines for the

　　work

　　.

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