The Digital Generation Project and Creative Commons

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To make sure the Digital Generation Project has maximum impact, we've released all the content under a Creative Commons license. Creative Commons does not replace copyright or put content into the public domain; it's just a simple way for authors, producers, and publishers to allow others to use their content while still maintaining the rights to the material. There are many types of Creative Commons licenses that explain exactly how copyright owners want others to use their content.

Content from the Digital Generation Project, which includes all articles and media with the "DG" logo, is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works license.

In plain English, this status means anyone (educators, parents, students, organizations, and so on) can display and distribute our content as long as they follow these three rules:

• Attribution: You must always make it clear that the content came from Edutopia's Digital Generation Project. You can do this by keeping the existing copyright language on the content and/or clearly labeling the content as "Originally published [insert publication date with the title of the article or other content] © Edutopia.org, The George Lucas Educational Foundation." A link to the specific page on the Web site is also appreciated.
• Noncommercial: You may not use this work for any commercial purposes (that is, anything that charges money for the exchange or distribution of the content). For example, if you place a Digital Generation Project video on a personal blog that has ads, it's OK, because users can still access it freely, but charging money to access our content on your Web site, on a DVD, or in a book would violate the license.
• No Derivative Works: You cannot alter, transform, or build on this work. This restriction means you cannot edit, mix, or make a mashup of any content from this site without express written permission from the Foundation.

Looking for even more guidance on how you can use content from Edutopia.org? Read our Terms of Use.

This article originally published on 4/22/2009

Content for this project is licensed under a Creative Commons BY-NC-ND License.