Question

While developing a program, you find a similar project that someone has created and posted online. It contains a number of elements (e.g., images, music, code segments, etc.) that you would like to integrate into your own project. Under what conditions may you reuse these elements in your work?
A. You may never reuse someone else’s work.
B. You may reuse any elements that are posted publicly online as long as credit is given to their creator.
C. You may only reuse elements for which the original owner has granted a license to reuse, such as the Creative Commons Share Alike license.
D. You may always reuse anything that is posted publicly or privately online.

Answer 1

The condition under which you may reuse these elements in your work is: C. You may only reuse elements for which the original owner has granted a license to reuse, such as the Creative Commons Share Alike license.

What is a creative commons license?

A creative commons license can be defined as a public copyright license which allows for the free distribution of a copyright protected material and it can only be used by the intellectual property (IP) owner.

Types of creative commons license.

Generally, there are four (4) main types of creative commons and these include the following;

• Attribution

• Share Alike

• Non-Commercial

• No Derivative Works

In conclusion, we can deduce that an external user may only reuse elements for which the original owner or intellectual property (IP) owner has granted a license to reuse, such as the Share Alike license of Creative Commons.

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