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The following table shows a schematic of the licenses with the corresponding
icons. This icon is usually a link to a summary of the license, hosted at [21].
It is possible to use the generic icon 14 instead of the icon representing the
license, but it must be linked to the license chosen by the author. The HTML
code of the link to the license may be obtained from Creative Commons [21].
Once the license has been chosen and the corresponding icon added, the work
will have been licensed and you will receive the:
• Commons deed. A summary of the license with the relevant icons for the
license. This summary will be shown when clicking on the link obtained
from Creative Commons [21].
• Legal Code. This is the complete legal text and fine print on which the
license is based. This text may be accessed from the summary mentioned
above.
• Digital code. This is the RDF (resource description framework) description,
which search engines and other applications use to identify the license for
the works and the terms of use.
In February 2007, version 3.0 of the Creative Commons licenses was publis-
hed. This is an update that corrects many of the faults that people identified.
The first large modification is that the generic license is no longer based on
the US model and is now based on the terminology of the Berne Conventi-
on. Secondly, moral rights and the management society are mentioned speci-
(14)