.. _Guide to Course Licenses:

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Guide to Course Licenses
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.. tags:: educator, reference

You can specify licensing options for your course content as well as for each
video in your course. By specifying the license, you communicate to learners
whether and how they can reuse your course content.

You specify licensing options in Studio. For more information, see :ref:`Set
Course Content Licensing`.

.. note::

  In order for Course Licenses to be viewable in Studio, the ``FEATURES[‘LICENSING’]`` flag must
  be set to True (it defaults to False). Ask your site administration team to set this
  flag for you if you wish to use this feature.

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.. _License Options:

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License Options
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For your course content and for each video in your course, you can select one
of the following license options.

* All Rights Reserved
* Creative Commons

.. _All Rights Reserved License:

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All Rights Reserved License
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All Rights Reserved indicates to learners that you own the copyright but
reserve all rights for sharing copies of course content or videos. Learners
cannot reuse or republish course content or videos that have All Rights
Reserved licenses.

.. _Creative Commons License:

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Creative Commons License
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The Creative Commons license indicates to learners that you own the copyright
but are granting certain permissions for reuse, depending on the license
options that you select.

When you create a new course, the default terms are set to All Rights Reserved.
You can change the terms for your course in the **Schedule & Details** page in Studio.

.. list-table::
   :widths: 10 70
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   * - License Option
     - Description
   * - **Attribution**
     - This option allows others to copy, distribute, display, and perform your
       copyrighted work but only if they give credit to you in the way that you
       request. This option is enabled for all Creative Commons licenses on 
       course content. You cannot clear this option.
   * - **Noncommercial**
     - This option allows others to distribute, display, and perform your work
       -- and derivative works based upon it -- but for non-commercial purposes
       only.
   * - **No Derivatives**
     - This option allows others to distribute, display, and perform only
       verbatim copies of your work, not derivative works based upon it. You
       cannot use this option with the **Share Alike** option.
   * - **Share Alike**
     - This option allows others to distribute derivative works only under a
       license identical to the license that governs your work. You cannot use
       this option with the **No Derivatives** option.

For more information, see the `Creative Commons website`_.


.. _Learners View of Licenses:

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Learners' View of Licenses
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When they view content in the **Course** tab, learners see the license that
you set for the course at the bottom of the page.

.. image:: /_images/educator_references/learner_course_license.png
  :alt: A course unit page with a pointer to the license.
  :width: 150

If the video has a different license than the course as a whole, learners see
the license at the bottom right of the video player.

.. image:: /_images/educator_references/learner_video_license.png
 :alt: A video with a pointer to the license.
 :width: 600

For the course and for videos, if you choose **All Rights Reserved**, learners
see **All Rights Reserved**; if you choose **Creative Commons** and select any
allowed combination of options, learners see **Some Rights Reserved** and can
select the link to see details.

.. seealso::
  

  :ref:`Set Course Content Licensing` (how-to)

**Maintenance chart**

+--------------+-------------------------------+----------------+--------------------------------+
| Review Date  | Working Group Reviewer        |   Release      |Test situation                  |
+--------------+-------------------------------+----------------+--------------------------------+
| 2025-04-13   | sarina                        |  Sumac         |  Pass                          |
+--------------+-------------------------------+----------------+--------------------------------+