Creative Commons Licenses used for submitting documents to the Institutional Repository

Creative Commons (CC) licenses are a very useful tool:

for creators who wish on the one hand to publicize their work and on the other hand to easily define how someone can use their work.

Mechanism for selecting an appropriate Creative Common license for your work

for users who wish to use material without questioning their rights to use it.

The available Creative Commons licenses are the following, from which you should choose one to publish your work:

This license enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. If you remix, adapt, or build upon the material, you must license the modified material under identical terms. CC BY-NC-SA includes the following elements:

BY: credit must be given to the creator.
NC: Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted.
SA: Adaptations must be shared under the same terms.

4.0 (CC-BY-NC-ND)

This license enables reusers to copy and distribute the material in any medium or format in unadapted form only, for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. CC BY-NC-ND includes the following elements:

BY: credit must be given to the creator.
NC: Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted.
ND: No derivatives or adaptations of the work are permitted.

4.0 Αναφορά Δημιουργού (CC-BY)

BY: credit must be given to the creator.

4.0 (CC-BY-SA)

This license enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the creator. The license allows for commercial use. If you remix, adapt, or build upon the material, you must license the modified material under identical terms. CC BY-SA includes the following elements:

BY: credit must be given to the creator.

SA: Adaptations must be shared under the same terms.

4.0 (CC-BY-NC)

BY: credit must be given to the creator.
NC: Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted

4.0 (CC-BY-ND)

This license enables reusers to copy and distribute the material in any medium or format in unadapted form only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. The license allows for commercial use. CC BY-ND includes the following elements:

BY: credit must be given to the creator.
ND: No derivatives or adaptations of the work are permitted

Useful Information during the submission of your work to the Repository

Before licensing

Before you apply a CC license to your work, there are some important things to consider:

The licenses cannot be revoked. This means once you apply a CC license to your material, anyone who receives it may rely on that license for as long as the material is protected by copyright, even if you later stop distributing it.

You must own or control copyright in the work. Only the copyright holder or someone with express permission from the copyright holder can apply a CC license to a copyrighted work. If you created a work in the scope of your job, you may not be the holder of the copyright.

More information and explanations about Creative Commons licenses can be found in the website: https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/cclicenses/