I have been putting off getting a Creative Commons license to protect my blog content because I didn't know how to go about it, but it was just a matter of filling in a form and choosing which license I needed and copying and pasting HTML code into a box!
I want to share the information on my blog with fellow researchers and anyone who is just curious, but I don't want to have it used to promote a company or product, so I decided on this license option:
Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported.
You are free:
to Share — to copy, distribute and transmit the workUnder the following conditions:
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Attribution — You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work).
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Noncommercial — You may not use this work for commercial purposes.
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No Derivative Works — You may not alter, transform, or build upon this work.
With the understanding that:
- Waiver — Any of the above conditions can be waived if you get permission from the copyright holder.
- Public Domain — Where the work or any of its elements is in the public domain under applicable law, that status is in no way affected by the license.
- Other Rights — In no way are any of the following rights affected by the license:
- Notice — For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the license terms of this work. The best way to do this is with a link to this web page.
As I have other persons' work on my site (my mother's poetry, guest posts, etc.), I felt that the best way to protect it was to use this Non-Derivative license because I don't want to see my mother's poetry set to music or altered in any way without my knowledge or permission. You may choose other less restricted options for your site here: Creative Commons Licenses. If I'd known how easy it was to get my license I would have gotten it a long time ago.