Open Licenses for Articles on Adarie

by Peter de Blanc + ChatGPT 4o
Posted to Adarie (www.adarie.com) on March 19, 2025
Content License: Creative Commons CC0 (No Rights Reserved)

Since Adarie is for sharing research and academic writing, we should offer licensing options that align with open access and academic publishing standards. Here are some options to include:

Common Open Licenses

1. Creative Commons (CC) Licenses – Popular for academic and research works:

   • CC BY (Attribution) – Allows others to share, adapt, and build upon the work, even commercially, as long as credit is given.
   • CC BY-SA (Attribution-ShareAlike) – Same as CC BY, but adaptations must be shared under the same license.
   • CC BY-NC (Attribution-NonCommercial) – Allows adaptations and redistribution but not for commercial use.
   • CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) – Noncommercial use only, and adaptations must be shared alike.
   • CC BY-ND (Attribution-NoDerivs) – Redistribution is allowed, but no modifications.
   • CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs) – The most restrictive; only allows sharing with attribution, no modifications, and no commercial use.

2. Public Domain Dedications

   • CC0 (No Rights Reserved) – The author waives all rights and dedicates the work to the public domain.
   • Public Domain Mark (PDM) – Indicates the work is already in the public domain.

3. Academic and Research-Oriented Licenses

   • MIT License – Typically for software but can be used for text, allowing modification and redistribution with attribution.
   • Open Access (OA) Licensing (e.g., ODC-By for data, Open Science Framework licenses) – Used for research outputs.

4. Custom / Proprietary Licenses

   • All Rights Reserved – The default copyright, where no reuse is permitted without explicit permission.
   • Custom License – Allow users to specify their own licensing terms.

Implementation Suggestions

• Provide a dropdown menu with these options.
• Link each license name to a page explaining what it allows.
• Allow users to enter a custom license URL if they prefer something else.

Here are the official URLs for each license:

Creative Commons Licenses

• CC BY (Attribution) – https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• CC BY-SA (Attribution-ShareAlike) – https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
• CC BY-NC (Attribution-NonCommercial) – https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
• CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) – https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
• CC BY-ND (Attribution-NoDerivs) – https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
• CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs) – https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Public Domain Dedications

• CC0 (No Rights Reserved) – https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Public Domain Mark (PDM) – https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Academic and Research-Oriented Licenses

• MIT License – https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
• Open Data Commons Attribution License (ODC-By) – https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/

General Copyright

• All Rights Reserved – No official URL, as this is the default copyright protection.

If we plan to allow users to specify a custom license, we could also provide a text field where they can enter their own license URL.

Here's the above data formatted as JSON:

export const LICENSES: License[] = [
  {
    id: "CC BY 4.0",
    displayName: "Creative Commons BY (Attribution)",
    url: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  },
  {
    id: "CC BY-SA 4.0",
    displayName: "Creative Commons BY-SA (Attribution-ShareAlike)",
    url: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/",
  },
  {
    id: "CC BY-NC 4.0",
    displayName: "Creative Commons BY-NC (Attribution-NonCommercial)",
    url: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/",
  },
  {
    id: "CC BY-NC-SA 4.0",
    displayName: "Creative Commons BY-NC-SA (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike)",
    url: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/",
  },
  {
    id: "CC BY-ND 4.0",
    displayName: "Creative Commons BY-ND (Attribution-NoDerivs)",
    url: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/",
  },
  {
    id: "CC BY-NC-ND 4.0",
    displayName: "Creative Commons BY-NC-ND (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs)",
    url: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/",
  },
  {
    id: "CC0 1.0",
    displayName: "Creative Commons CC0 (No Rights Reserved)",
    url: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/",
  },
  {
    id: "PDM 1.0",
    displayName: "Public Domain Mark (PDM)",
    url: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/",
  },
  {
    id: "MIT",
    displayName: "MIT License",
    url: "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT",
  },
  {
    id: "ODC-BY",
    displayName: "Open Data Commons Attribution License (ODC-By)",
    url: "https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/",
  },
  {
    id: "ALL_RIGHTS_RESERVED",
    displayName: "All Rights Reserved",
    url: "",
  },
  {
    id: "CUSTOM",
    displayName: "Custom License (User-Provided)",
    url: "",
  }
];

This setup:

• Uses id values that are short and easy to use as keys.
• Includes a "CUSTOM" option for users to enter their own license.
• Leaves url empty for "All Rights Reserved" and "Custom License", since they don’t have official URLs.