What is a Creative Commons license?
A Creative Commons license authorizes Rensselaer to permit the electronic copy of your thesis or dissertation to be viewable and available for download to anyone. The license specifies that anyone who views and subsequently uses a copy your thesis or dissertation must attribute the work to you, cannot use the work for any commercial purpose, and cannot modify your work in any way without obtaining your explicit permission. If you do not elect to use a Creative Commons license for your thesis, Rensselaer will only make the electronic copy available to members of the Rensselaer community. Read “Copyright and Your Dissertation or Thesis” for more information about licensing.
The Creative Commons (CC) is a non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright licenses known as Creative Commons licenses. These licenses allow creators to communicate which rights they reserve, and which rights they waive for the benefit of recipients or other creators. The IUP website is protected by a Creative Commons License that allows free use under the “attribution-non-commercial-share alike” provision. Please see more on Creative Commons Licenses by visiting http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ Japanese language versions of Creative Commons Licenses are also available at that URL.
