Open Licences

Open licences allow anyone to copy and share material, provided they follow the terms of use.

Examples are:

• ‘Creative Commons’ licences
• ‘Open Access’ licences
• the terms of use for many websites
• Open Licence for Newspaper Content

Before you seek to rely on an open licence you may need to check:

1. does the open licence apply to your activity? (e.g. many open licences do not apply to for-profit activities)
2. are you complying with the terms of use? (e.g. many open licences require attribution)

11 April 2022