Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
Also known as Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 3.0 Unported, Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0, Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported, CC BY NC SA 3.0, CC BY NC SA 3.0 Unported, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Unported, CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0, CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0 Unported, CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0, Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0 Unported, Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0, Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 Unported.
- Commercial use
- not allowed
- Share alike
- required
- Attribution
- required (keep the copyright and license notices)
Permissions
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Charge distribution fee from the text Charging a fee for the act of providing a copy of the work to someone else.
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Derivative works from the text Distributing an adaptation of the work and making it available to the public.
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Derive from the text Creating a new work from the work, such as a translation, adaptation or arrangement of it or of a part of it.
Duties
- Attribution from the text Giving credit to the copyright holders or authors of the work, in the form the licensor asks for.
- Modification notice from the text Marking a changed work as changed, saying how it differs from the original and keeping earlier notices of change.
- Notice from the text Notice: keeping the license and copyright notices with every copy.
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Duties
- Attribution from the text Giving credit to the copyright holders or authors of the work, in the form the licensor asks for.
- Notice from the text Notice: keeping the license and copyright notices with every copy.
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Modified works from the text Distributing a modified version of the work that does not amount to a new, derivative work.
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Modify from the text Altering the work, for example by updating it, without creating a new work; an alteration that creates a new work is Derive.
Duties
- Attribution from the text Giving credit to the copyright holders or authors of the work, in the form the licensor asks for.
- Modification notice from the text Marking a changed work as changed, saying how it differs from the original and keeping earlier notices of change.
- Notice from the text Notice: keeping the license and copyright notices with every copy.
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Present from the text Performing the work in public, including by broadcast or other communication to the public.
Prohibitions
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Change license from the text Not permitted: Change license. Replacing the license of the work, or of an adaptation, with another license, or changing its terms.
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Commercial use from the text Not permitted: Commercial use. Using the work to generate income, directly or indirectly, for example by selling it or by using it in advertising.
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Moral rights restriction from the text Not permitted: Moral rights restriction. Treating the work in a way that touches the moral rights of the author, such as false attribution or a derogatory treatment.
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Promote from the text Not permitted: Promote. Using the name or trademarks of the licensor or of contributors to endorse or promote a product.
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Royalty collection reserved from the text Not permitted: Royalty collection reserved. Collecting royalties for uses of the work, individually or through a collecting society, under a right the licensor keeps.
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Sublicense from the text Not permitted: Sublicense. Granting a third party rights in the work under a license of the licensee's own, rather than passing on the original license.
License-wide duties
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Share alike from the text Adaptations have to be licensed under the same license or one the license names as compatible.
Further terms
These are the things the license says about itself beyond the acts it permits, forbids and requires: when it ends, how long there is to put a breach right, which law governs it, and so on. A term that comes from the DALICC vocabulary links to its definition.
- Reciprocity scope
- the adaptation, not a collection the work is included in
- Share-alike version qualifier
- this license, a later version with the same license elements, or a Creative Commons jurisdiction license with the same license elements
- Terminates on breach
- Yes
Clauses
Warranty disclaimer
UNLESS OTHERWISE MUTUALLY AGREED TO BY THE PARTIES IN WRITING AND TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, LICENSOR OFFERS THE WORK AS-IS AND MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND CONCERNING THE WORK, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NONINFRINGEMENT, OR THE ABSENCE OF LATENT OR OTHER DEFECTS, ACCURACY, OR THE PRESENCE OF ABSENCE OF ERRORS, WHETHER OR NOT DISCOVERABLE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THIS EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
Limitation of liability
EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL LICENSOR BE LIABLE TO YOU ON ANY LEGAL THEORY FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THIS LICENSE OR THE USE OF THE WORK, EVEN IF LICENSOR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
Additional clauses
You may not offer or impose any terms on the Work that restrict the terms of this License or the ability of the recipient of the Work to exercise the rights granted to that recipient under the terms of the License. You may not sublicense the Work. You must keep intact all notices that refer to this License and to the disclaimer of warranties with every copy of the Work You Distribute or Publicly Perform. When You Distribute or Publicly Perform the Work, You may not impose any effective technological measures on the Work that restrict the ability of a recipient of the Work from You to exercise the rights granted to that recipient under the terms of the License.
Info
- Target asset types
- Creative work (i.e. text, picture, sound, movie), Dataset
- Region / jurisdiction
- Worldwide
- Validity
- Perpetual
- Source
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
- Legal code
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode
- This description is published under
- https://dalicc.net/licenselibrary/CC-BY-4.0
- Publisher
- Creative Commons
- SPDX identifier
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CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0on the SPDX license list - Version
- 3.0
- DALICC identifier
CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0
This record is published under CC BY 4.0. Credit it as: DALICC License Library, DALICC - Verein zur Förderung der Rechtssicherheit in der Datenbewirtschaftung, https://dalicc.net, CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The license it describes belongs to its publisher.
History
This license model has 2 versions. Version 2 is the one served today; every earlier version keeps its own address, so a conclusion drawn from one of them can still be checked against it.
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Version 2 current2026-09-24 Giray Havur
The changes since version 1 recorded which sentence of the text each statement rests on, named the license the record itself is published under and recorded the licenses a work under it may be released under.
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permission odrl:derive with duties [cc:Attribution, cc:Notice, dalicc:modificationNotice]was
permission odrl:derive with duties [cc:Attribution, cc:Notice, dalicc:modificationNotice]Manual edit Its duty dalicc:modificationNotice quotes "to Reproduce the Work, to incorporate the Work into one or more Collections, and to Reproduce the Work as incorporated in the Collections; b. to create and Reproduce Adaptations provided that any such Adaptation, including any translation in any medium, takes reasonable steps to clearly label, demarcate or otherwise identify that changes were made to the original Work."
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permission odrl:modify with duties [cc:Attribution, cc:Notice, dalicc:modificationNotice]was
permission odrl:modify with duties [cc:Attribution, cc:Notice, dalicc:modificationNotice]Manual edit Its duty dalicc:modificationNotice quotes "to Reproduce the Work, to incorporate the Work into one or more Collections, and to Reproduce the Work as incorporated in the Collections; b. to create and Reproduce Adaptations provided that any such Adaptation, including any translation in any medium, takes reasonable steps to clearly label, demarcate or otherwise identify that changes were made to the original Work."
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prohibition cc:CommercialUsewas
prohibition cc:CommercialUseManual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "You may not exercise any of the rights granted to You in Section 3 above in any manner that is primarily intended for or directed toward commercial advantage or private monetary compensation."
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prohibition dalicc:ChangeLicensewas
prohibition dalicc:ChangeLicenseManual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "You may Distribute or Publicly Perform the Work only under the terms of this License."
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prohibition dalicc:moralRightsRestrictionwas
prohibition dalicc:moralRightsRestrictionManual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "Except as otherwise agreed in writing by the Licensor or as may be otherwise permitted by applicable law, if You Reproduce, Distribute or Publicly Perform the Work either by itself or as part of any Adaptations or Collections, You must not distort, mutilate, modify or take other derogatory action in relation to the Work which would be prejudicial to the Original Author's honor or reputation."
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prohibition dalicc:promotewas
prohibition dalicc:promoteManual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "For the avoidance of doubt, You may only use the credit required by this Section for the purpose of attribution in the manner set out above and, by exercising Your rights under this License, You may not implicitly or explicitly assert or imply any connection with, sponsorship or endorsement by the Original Author, Licensor and/or Attribution Parties, as appropriate, of You or Your use of the Work, without the separate, express prior written permission of the Original Author, Licensor and/or Attribution Parties."
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prohibition dalicc:royaltyCollectionReservedwas
prohibition dalicc:royaltyCollectionReservedManual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "In those jurisdictions in which the right to collect royalties through any statutory or compulsory licensing scheme can be waived, the Licensor reserves the exclusive right to collect such royalties for any exercise by You of the rights granted under this License if Your exercise of such rights is for a purpose or use which is otherwise than noncommercial as permitted under Section 4(c) and otherwise waives the right to collect royalties through any statutory or compulsory licensing scheme; and,"
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prohibition dalicc:sublicensewas
prohibition dalicc:sublicenseManual edit The statement now quotes the sentence of the licence text it rests on: "You may not sublicense the Work."
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dct:license <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/>Manual edit Every record is published under CC BY 4.0. cc:license names the record DALICC keeps of that licence; dct:license now names it by the address Creative Commons publishes it at, so that a consumer matching the canonical IRI finds it.
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dalicc:compatibleWith dalicclib:CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0Manual edit The share-alike clause lets an adaptation be released under "this license, a later version with the same license elements, or a Creative Commons jurisdiction license with the same license elements". CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0 is that later version of the same License Elements, so the record links it.
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Created from the license text on 2026-09-22 (Creative Commons 3.0 Unported).
Every change names the reason behind it: a finding of the content review, one of its library-wide decisions, the metadata that review wrote onto every record, or a hand edit. None of it is legal advice.
Nothing on this page is legal advice. What a license means is decided by its text; ask a legal advisor before you rely on it.