Creative Commons

Ohio Human Capital Resource Center Creative Commons

1. About re-use of Ohio HCRC material and the Creative Commons License

We license all information on the Ohio Human Capital Resource Center (Ohio HCRC) under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.

1.1. What am I allowed to do with the Ohio HCRC material?

By licensing our work with the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license it means that you may:

  • Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format

  • Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material

1.2. It does however mean that when you use it you must:

  • give appropriate credit (see example statements below), you must provide the name of the creator and attribution parties, a copyright notice, a license notice, a disclaimer notice, and a link to the material

  • provide a link to the original CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license – https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

  • indicate if you modified the material and retain an indication of previous modifications

  • If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

You can do this in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests that the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce or the Ohio HCRC endorses you or your use.

1.3. You may not:

  • Use the licensed material for commercial purposes. Commercial use means primarily intended for or directed towards commercial advantage, payment or monetary compensation, which would be a violation of the license. (Three examples of commercial and non-commercial use are given below.)

The above is an easy-to-read summary of the license, but does not substitute the legal text which is available to read and for download at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode

The license may not give you all of the permissions necessary for your intended use. For example, other rights such as publicity, privacy, or moral rights may limit how you use the material. You do not have to comply with the license for elements of the material in the public domain or where your use is permitted by an applicable exception or limitation.

2. How to give appropriate credit (example statements):

Appropriate credit in the case of using the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce’s HCRC content where you have not changed anything:

“Social Media Checklist” by the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce’s HCRC is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Appropriate credit in the case of using the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce’s HCRC and you have changed something:

“Social Media Checklist Essentials” is a derivative of “Social Media Checklist”  by the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce’s HCRC used under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. “Social Media Checklist” is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 by the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce.

3. Non-commercial and commercial use

Creative Commons defines non-commercial use as – “not primarily intended for or directed towards commercial advantage or monetary compensation. For purposes of this Public License, the exchange of the Licensed Material for other material subject to Copyright and Similar Rights by digital file-sharing or similar means is Non-Commercial provided there is no payment of monetary compensation in connection with the exchange.”

Please contact hcrc@education.ohio.gov to discover your options, and we will respond within 14 working days.

4. Unsure? Still have questions?

If you are unsure if your use is classed as non-commercial or within the permissions of the license, please contact hcrc@education.ohio.gov, and we will respond within 14 working days. In case of assumed commercial use, the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce may suggest a solution.

*“The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce’s Human Capital Resource Centers”  is a derivative of “Creative Commons”  by EUPATI Consortium used under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. “The Ohio Human Capital Resource Center Creative Commons” is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 by the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce.