Creative Commons offer a range of licenses for the publication of works (anything – not just software, so particularly relevant to learning resources, for example). Similar to the idea of copyright, Creative Commons offers creative control away from the extremes. At one pole is total control, such as “all rights reserved”. At the other pole it is permissible to do anything with content. Creative Commons licenses offer 'some rights reserved' - such as a requirement for attribution, or that the work can be modified and redistributed only if the same conditions are applied.

We think that Creative Commons offers a powerful way to create and share educational resources.