知识共享协议法律文本

署名—非商业性使用 4.0 协议国际版

知识共享组织(“Creative Commons”,“知识共享”) 不是一家律师事务所,也不对外提供法律服务或建议。提供知识共享公共许可协议(Creative Commons Public License,以下缩写为CCPL)并不导致“律师—当事人”关系或其他法律关系的建立。知识共享(Creative Commons)按其现状提供协议文本和相关信息。知识共享(Creative Commons)对于其许可协议,或通过该协议提供的作品(material)或相关信息不提供任何担保,在最大可能程度内,也不对因使用其协议或通过该协议提供的作品(material)或信息而造成的损失承担损害赔偿责任。

知识共享公共许可协议(CCPL)的使用

知识共享公共许可协议(CCPL)提供一套标准化的条款供作者或其他权利人使用,以便他们分享其原创作品(original works of authorship)和其他受著作权和以下公共许可协议中提及的其他特定权利保护的作品(material)。以下考虑因素仅供参考,并未列举穷尽,也不属于本公共许可协议文本的一部分。

许可人应当考虑的因素: 知识共享(Creative Commons)公共许可协议是供那些有权许可公众以著作权或其他特定权利所保护的方式使用其作品(material)的权利人使用的。知识共享(Creative Commons)协议不可撤销。因此,在采用协议前,许可人应当阅读并理解其所选择的协议条款。许可人亦应确保其享有所授予公众的权利,以便公众能够顺利的使用授权作品(material)。许可人应当清楚地注明协议所不适用的作品(material),包括其他采用知识共享协议授权的作品(material),或基于著作权的例外或限制而使用的作品(material)。许可人应该考虑的其他因素

公众应当考虑的因素: 许可人通过使用知识共享(Creative Commons)协议,授权公众依据特定的条款和条件使用授权作品(Licensed Material)。如果因为任何原因不需要授权即可使用该作品(material)——例如基于著作权的例外或限制——那么该使用并不受本协议约束。许可人通过知识共享(Creative Commons)协议只能授予基于著作权或其他特定权利有权授予的许可。使用授权作品(Licensed Material)可能还受到其他情形的限制,包括第三方对该作品(material)所享有的著作权或其他权利。许可人可能做出其他特别要求,比如要求使用者标注或说明对作品(material)的所有更改。即使本协议没有要求,知识共享(Creative Commons)仍然鼓励您遵守许可人的合理要求。 公众应当考虑的其他因素

知识共享 (Creative Commons) 署名—非商业性使用 4.0公共许可协议国际版

通过行使本协议所授予的权利(定义如下),您接受并同意受到知识共享(Creative Commons)署名—非商业性使用4.0国际公共许可协议(以下简称“本公共许可协议”)的约束。从合同解释的角度来看,您获得授权的对价是接受本协议的条款,许可人授予您这些权利的对价是可以通过采用本协议条款发布授权作品(material)而获得利益。

第一条 定义

  1. 演绎作品(Adapted Material): 指受到著作权与类似权利保护的,基于授权作品(Licensed Material)而创作的作品(material),例如对授权作品(Licensed Material)的翻译、改编、编排、改写或其他依据著作权与类似权利需要获得所有人许可的修改。为本公共许可协议之目的,当授权作品(Licensed Material)为音乐作品、表演或录音时,将其依时间序列关系与动态影像配合一致而形成的作品,视为演绎作品(Adapted Material)。
  2. 演绎作者的许可: 指您依据本公共许可协议对在演绎作品(Adapted Material)中自己所贡献的部分所享有的著作权与类似权利进行授权的协议。
  3. 著作权与类似权利: 指著作权和/或与著作权紧密联系的类似权利。类似权利包括但不限于:表演者权、广播组织权、录音录像制作者权、以及数据库特别权利,而不论上述权利的定义和归类如何。为本公共许可协议之目的, 第二条b款第(1)项与第(2)项 所列权利不属于著作权与类似权利。
  4. 有效的技术措施: 指根据各司法管辖区遵循《世界知识产权组织版权条约》(1996年12月20日通过)第十一条或类似国际协定项下的义务所制定的法律,在没有适当的授权的情况下,禁止使用者规避的技术措施。
  5. 例外与限制: 指合理使用(Fair Dealing and Fair Use)和/或其他适用于您对授权作品(Licensed Material)的使用的著作权与类似权利的例外或限制。
  6. 授权作品(Licensed Material): 指许可人通过本公共许可协议授权的文学、艺术作品(artistic or literary work),数据库或其他作品(material)。
  7. 协议所授予的权利: 指依据本公共许可协议的条款和条件所授予您的各项权利,限于适用于您对授权作品(Licensed Material)的使用且许可人有权许可的著作权与类似权利。
  8. 许可人: 指通过本公共许可协议进行授权的个人或组织。
  9. 非商业性使用: 指该使用的主要意图或者指向并非获取商业优势或金钱报酬。为本公共许可协议之目的,以数字文件共享或类似方式,用授权作品(Licensed Material)交换其他受到著作权与类似权利保护的作品(material)是非商业性使用,只要该交换不涉及金钱报酬的支付。
  10. 分享: 指以需要“协议所授予的权利”许可的任何方法或程序向公众提供作品(material),包括复制、公共展示、公开表演、发行、散布、传播、进口或提供作品(material)给公众以便其能在其选定的时间和地点接收作品(material)。
  11. 数据库特别权利: 指除了著作权之外,衍生于1996年3月11日通过的《欧洲议会与欧盟理事会关于数据库法律保护的指令》(Directive 96/9/EC)及其修改或后续版本的权利,或其他国家或地区本质上与之等同的权利。
  12. 您: 指依据本公共许可协议行使其所获得授予之权利的个人或机构。 “您的” 有相应的含义。

第二条 授权范围

  1. 授权
    1. 根据本公共许可协议的条款,许可人授予您在全球范围内,免费的、不可再许可、非独占、不可撤销的许可,以对授权作品(Licensed Material)行使以下“协议所授予的权利”:
      1. 复制和分享授权作品(Licensed Material)的全部或部分,仅限于非商业性使用;以及
      2. 为非商业目的创作、复制和分享演绎作品(Adapted Material)。
    2. 例外和限制 为避免疑义,若著作权的例外和限制适用于您对授权作品(Licensed Material)的使用,本公共许可协议将不适用,您也无须遵守本公共许可协议之条款。
    3. 期限 本公共许可协议的期限规定于第六条 a 款。
    4. 媒介和形式;允许的技术修改 许可人授权您在任何媒介以任何形式(不论目前已知的或未来出现的)行使本协议授予的权利,并为之进行必要的技术修改。许可人放弃和/或同意不主张任何权利以阻止您为了行使协议项下权利进行必要的技术修改,包括为规避有效技术措施所必须的技术修改。为了本公共许可协议之目的, 基于第二条a款第(4)项 进行的技术修改不构成演绎作品(Adapted Material)。
    5. 后续接受者
      1. 来自许可人的要约——授权作品(Licensed Material) 本授权作品(Licensed Material)的每一个后续接受者都自动取得许可人的要约,以按照本公共许可协议的条款行使协议授予的权利。
      2. 禁止下游限制 若会限制授权作品(Licensed Material)后续接受者行使本协议所授予的权利,则您不得对授权作品(Licensed Material)提出或增加任何额外的或不同的条款,或使用任何有效技术措施。
    6. 并非背书 本公共许可协议不构成、或不得被解释为允许您声明或主张:您或您对授权作品(Licensed Material)的使用与许可人或 第三条a款第(1)项(A)目(i)所规定要求提供署名的权利人相关联,或得到其赞助、同意或被授予正式地位。
  2. 其他权利

    1. 依据本公共许可协议,著作人身权,例如保护作品完整权、形象权、隐私权或其他类似的人格权利,不在许可范围内。但是,在条件允许的情况下,许可人可以在必要范围内放弃和/或同意不主张其权利,以便您行使本协议所授予的权利。
    2. 本公共许可协议不适用于任何专利权或商标权许可。
    3. 在自愿的或可放弃的法定或强制许可机制下,许可人在最大可能范围内放弃对您因行使本协议所授予的权利而产生的使用费的权利,不论是直接收取或通过集体管理组织收取。在其他任何情况下(包括授权作品(Licensed Material)被商业性使用的情形),许可人明确保留收取使用费的任何权利。

第三条 授权条件

您行使被许可的权利明确受以下条件限制:

  1. 署名

    1. 若您分享本授权作品(Licensed Material)(包含修改格式),您必须:

      1. 保留如下标识(如果许可人提供授权作品(Licensed Material)的同时提供如下标识):
        1. 以许可人要求的任何合理方式,标识本授权作品(Licensed Material)创作者和其他被指定署名的人的身份(包括指定的笔名);
        2. 著作权声明;
        3. 有关本公共许可协议的声明;
        4. 有关免责的声明;
        5. 在合理可行情况下,本授权作品(Licensed Material)的网址(URI)或超链接;
      2. 表明您是否修改本授权作品(Licensed Material)及保留任何先前修改的标记;及
      3. 表明授权作品(Licensed Material)依据本公共许可协议授权,并提供本公共许可协议全文,或者本公共许可协议的网址(URI)或超链接。
    2. 依据您分享本授权作品(Licensed Material)的媒介、方法及情況,您可以采用任何合理方式满足第三条a款第(1)项的条件 。 例如,提供包含所要求信息来源的网址(URI)或超链接可算是合理地满足此处的条件。
    3. 如果许可人要求,您必须在合理可行的范围内移除第三条a款第(1)项(A)目 所要求的任何信息。
    4. 如果您分享您创作的演绎作品(Adapted Material),您适用的“演绎作者的许可”协议,不得使演绎作品(Adapted Material)的接收者无法遵守本公共许可协议。

第四条 数据库特别权利

当协议所授予的权利包含数据库特别权利,而该数据库特别权利适用于您对授权作品(Licensed Material)的使用时:

  1. 为避免疑义, 第二条a款第(1) 项授权您, 仅限于以非商业性目的,摘录、再利用、复制和分享全部或绝大部分数据库资料;
  2. 如果您将数据库资料的全部或绝大部分纳入您享有数据库特别权利的另一数据库,则您享有数据库特别权利的该数据库(而非其中的单个内容)视为演绎作品(Adapted Material);
  3. 如果您分享全部或大部分该数据库的资料,您必须遵守 第三条a款 规定的条件。
为避免疑义,当协议所授予的权利包含其他著作权与类似权利时,第四条补充且不取代本公共许可协议所规定的您的义务。

第五条 免责声明及责任限制条款

  1. 除非许可人另有保证,否则在最大可能范围内,许可人按其现状和现有之基础提供授权作品(Licensed Material),且没有就授权作品(Licensed Material)做出任何形式的陈述或保证:无论明示、默示、法定或其他形式,包括但不限于任何有关本授权作品(Licensed Material)的权属保证、可交易性、适于特定目的、未侵害他人权利、没有潜在或其他瑕疵、精确性或是否有错误,不管是否已知或可发现。当免责声明全部或部分不被允许时,此免责声明可能不适用于您。
  2. 在最大可能范围内, 对于任何因本公共许可协议或使用授权作品(Licensed Material)引起的直接的、特殊的、间接的、附随的、连带的、惩罚性的、警告性的,或其他的损失、成本、费用或损害,许可人不对您负任何法律上或其他的责任(包括但不限于过失责任)。当责任限制部分或全部不被允许时,该限制不适用于您。
  1. 前述免责及责任限制声明,应尽可能以最接近于完全排除全部责任的方式解释。

第六条 期限与终止

  1. 本公共许可协议在著作权与类似权利存续期间内有效。然而,如果您没有遵守此公共许可协议,则您依据此公共许可协议享有的权利自动终止。
  2. 当您使用本授权作品(Licensed Material)的权利根据第六条a款终止时,您的权利在下述情况下恢复:

    1. 自违反协议的行为纠正之日起自动恢复,但须在您发现违反情形后30日内纠正;或
    2. 根据许可人明示恢复权利的意思表达。
    为避免疑义,本公共许可协议第六条b款 不影响许可人就您违反本公共许可协议的行为寻求法律救济。
  3. 为避免疑义,许可人也可在任何时间,以另外的条款或条件提供本授权作品(Licensed Material),或者停止传播本授权作品(Licensed Material);然而,许可人此种行为不会终止本公共许可协议。
  4. 本协议第一及第条,不因本公共许可协议终止而失效。

第七条 其他条款和条件

  1. 除非明示同意,否则许可人不受您表达的任何附加或不同条款或条件约束。
  2. 本公共许可协议未提及的关于授权作品(Licensed Material)之任何安排、共识或协议,不属于且独立于本公共许可协议的条款及条件。

第八条 解释

  1. 为避免疑义,本许可协议不会也不应被解释为减少、限制、约束或施加条件于无需本公共许可协议授权即可依法行使的对授权作品(Licensed Material)的任何使用。
  2. 在最大可能范围内,如果本公共许可协议的任何条款被视为无法执行,该条款在必要的最小限度内,自动调整至可以执行。如果该条款不能被调整,其应自本公共许可协议中排除适用,不影响其余条款的效力。
  3. 除非许可人明示同意,本公共许可协议的任何条款或条件均不得放弃。
  4. 本公共许可协议条款不构成、也不得被解释为限制或者放弃适用于许可人或您的特权或豁免,包括豁免于任何司法管辖区或行政机构的法律程序。

知识共享组织(Creative Commons)不是其公共许可协议的一方 。尽管如此,知识共享组织(Creative Commons)可以选择其中一种公共许可协议适用于其发表的作品(material),在此种情况下被视为许可人。知识共享公共许可协议 (CCPL)的文本属于公共领域,适用CC0公共许可协议。 除用于向公众表明本作品(material)是依照知识共享(Creative Commons)公共许可协议授权,或发布于creativecommons.org/policies的知识共享组织(Creative Commons)政策另有规定允许以外,如未经知识共享组织(Creative Commons)事先书面同意,任何一方均不得使用“知识共享”(Creative Commons)商标和其他相关商标及标识。包括但不限于,将该商标或标识用于对知识共享公共许可协议(CCPL)做出的未经同意的修改,或与授权作品(Licensed Material)使用有关的其他安排、共识或协议。为避免疑义,本段关于商标的限制性规定不构成公共许可协议之一部分。

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  7. License Elements means the license attributes listed in the name of a Creative Commons Public License. The License Elements of this Public License are Attribution, NonCommercial, and ShareAlike.
  8. Licensed Material means the artistic or literary work, database, or other material to which the Licensor applied this Public License.
  9. Licensed Rights means the rights granted to You subject to the terms and conditions of this Public License, which are limited to all Copyright and Similar Rights that apply to Your use of the Licensed Material and that the Licensor has authority to license.
  10. Licensor means the individual(s) or entity(ies) granting rights under this Public License.
  11. NonCommercial means 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 NonCommercial provided there is no payment of monetary compensation in connection with the exchange.
  12. Share means to provide material to the public by any means or process that requires permission under the Licensed Rights, such as reproduction, public display, public performance, distribution, dissemination, communication, or importation, and to make material available to the public including in ways that members of the public may access the material from a place and at a time individually chosen by them.
  13. Sui Generis Database Rights means rights other than copyright resulting from Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases, as amended and/or succeeded, as well as other essentially equivalent rights anywhere in the world.
  14. You means the individual or entity exercising the Licensed Rights under this Public License. Your has a corresponding meaning.

Section 2 – Scope.

  1. License grant.
    1. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Public License, the Licensor hereby grants You a worldwide, royalty-free, non-sublicensable, non-exclusive, irrevocable license to exercise the Licensed Rights in the Licensed Material to:
      1. reproduce and Share the Licensed Material, in whole or in part, for NonCommercial purposes only; and
      2. produce, reproduce, and Share Adapted Material for NonCommercial purposes only.
    2. Exceptions and Limitations. For the avoidance of doubt, where Exceptions and Limitations apply to Your use, this Public License does not apply, and You do not need to comply with its terms and conditions.
    3. Term. The term of this Public License is specified in Section 6(a).
    4. Media and formats; technical modifications allowed. The Licensor authorizes You to exercise the Licensed Rights in all media and formats whether now known or hereafter created, and to make technical modifications necessary to do so. The Licensor waives and/or agrees not to assert any right or authority to forbid You from making technical modifications necessary to exercise the Licensed Rights, including technical modifications necessary to circumvent Effective Technological Measures. For purposes of this Public License, simply making modifications authorized by this Section 2(a)(4) never produces Adapted Material.
    5. Downstream recipients.
      1. Offer from the Licensor – Licensed Material. Every recipient of the Licensed Material automatically receives an offer from the Licensor to exercise the Licensed Rights under the terms and conditions of this Public License.
      2. Additional offer from the Licensor – Adapted Material. Every recipient of Adapted Material from You automatically receives an offer from the Licensor to exercise the Licensed Rights in the Adapted Material under the conditions of the Adapter’s License You apply.
      3. No downstream restrictions. You may not offer or impose any additional or different terms or conditions on, or apply any Effective Technological Measures to, the Licensed Material if doing so restricts exercise of the Licensed Rights by any recipient of the Licensed Material.
    6. No endorsement. Nothing in this Public License constitutes or may be construed as permission to assert or imply that You are, or that Your use of the Licensed Material is, connected with, or sponsored, endorsed, or granted official status by, the Licensor or others designated to receive attribution as provided in Section 3(a)(1)(A)(i).
  2. Other rights.

    1. Moral rights, such as the right of integrity, are not licensed under this Public License, nor are publicity, privacy, and/or other similar personality rights; however, to the extent possible, the Licensor waives and/or agrees not to assert any such rights held by the Licensor to the limited extent necessary to allow You to exercise the Licensed Rights, but not otherwise.
    2. Patent and trademark rights are not licensed under this Public License.
    3. To the extent possible, the Licensor waives any right to collect royalties from You for the exercise of the Licensed Rights, whether directly or through a collecting society under any voluntary or waivable statutory or compulsory licensing scheme. In all other cases the Licensor expressly reserves any right to collect such royalties, including when the Licensed Material is used other than for NonCommercial purposes.

Section 3 – License Conditions.

Your exercise of the Licensed Rights is expressly made subject to the following conditions.

  1. Attribution.

    1. If You Share the Licensed Material (including in modified form), You must:

      1. retain the following if it is supplied by the Licensor with the Licensed Material:
        1. identification of the creator(s) of the Licensed Material and any others designated to receive attribution, in any reasonable manner requested by the Licensor (including by pseudonym if designated);
        2. a copyright notice;
        3. a notice that refers to this Public License;
        4. a notice that refers to the disclaimer of warranties;
        5. a URI or hyperlink to the Licensed Material to the extent reasonably practicable;
      2. indicate if You modified the Licensed Material and retain an indication of any previous modifications; and
      3. indicate the Licensed Material is licensed under this Public License, and include the text of, or the URI or hyperlink to, this Public License.
    2. You may satisfy the conditions in Section 3(a)(1) in any reasonable manner based on the medium, means, and context in which You Share the Licensed Material. For example, it may be reasonable to satisfy the conditions by providing a URI or hyperlink to a resource that includes the required information.
    3. If requested by the Licensor, You must remove any of the information required by Section 3(a)(1)(A) to the extent reasonably practicable.
  2. ShareAlike.

    In addition to the conditions in Section 3(a), if You Share Adapted Material You produce, the following conditions also apply.

    1. The Adapter’s License You apply must be a Creative Commons license with the same License Elements, this version or later, or a BY-NC-SA Compatible License.
    2. You must include the text of, or the URI or hyperlink to, the Adapter's License You apply. You may satisfy this condition in any reasonable manner based on the medium, means, and context in which You Share Adapted Material.
    3. You may not offer or impose any additional or different terms or conditions on, or apply any Effective Technological Measures to, Adapted Material that restrict exercise of the rights granted under the Adapter's License You apply.

Section 4 – Sui Generis Database Rights.

Where the Licensed Rights include Sui Generis Database Rights that apply to Your use of the Licensed Material:

  1. for the avoidance of doubt, Section 2(a)(1) grants You the right to extract, reuse, reproduce, and Share all or a substantial portion of the contents of the database for NonCommercial purposes only;
  2. if You include all or a substantial portion of the database contents in a database in which You have Sui Generis Database Rights, then the database in which You have Sui Generis Database Rights (but not its individual contents) is Adapted Material, including for purposes of Section 3(b); and
  3. You must comply with the conditions in Section 3(a) if You Share all or a substantial portion of the contents of the database.
For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 4 supplements and does not replace Your obligations under this Public License where the Licensed Rights include other Copyright and Similar Rights.

Section 5 – Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability.

  1. Unless otherwise separately undertaken by the Licensor, to the extent possible, the Licensor offers the Licensed Material as-is and as-available, and makes no representations or warranties of any kind concerning the Licensed Material, whether express, implied, statutory, or other. This includes, without limitation, warranties of title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, absence of latent or other defects, accuracy, or the presence or absence of errors, whether or not known or discoverable. Where disclaimers of warranties are not allowed in full or in part, this disclaimer may not apply to You.
  2. To the extent possible, in no event will the Licensor be liable to You on any legal theory (including, without limitation, negligence) or otherwise for any direct, special, indirect, incidental, consequential, punitive, exemplary, or other losses, costs, expenses, or damages arising out of this Public License or use of the Licensed Material, even if the Licensor has been advised of the possibility of such losses, costs, expenses, or damages. Where a limitation of liability is not allowed in full or in part, this limitation may not apply to You.
  1. The disclaimer of warranties and limitation of liability provided above shall be interpreted in a manner that, to the extent possible, most closely approximates an absolute disclaimer and waiver of all liability.

Section 6 – Term and Termination.

  1. This Public License applies for the term of the Copyright and Similar Rights licensed here. However, if You fail to comply with this Public License, then Your rights under this Public License terminate automatically.
  2. Where Your right to use the Licensed Material has terminated under Section 6(a), it reinstates:

    1. automatically as of the date the violation is cured, provided it is cured within 30 days of Your discovery of the violation; or
    2. upon express reinstatement by the Licensor.
    For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 6(b) does not affect any right the Licensor may have to seek remedies for Your violations of this Public License.
  3. For the avoidance of doubt, the Licensor may also offer the Licensed Material under separate terms or conditions or stop distributing the Licensed Material at any time; however, doing so will not terminate this Public License.
  4. Sections 1, 5, 6, 7, and 8 survive termination of this Public License.

Section 7 – Other Terms and Conditions.

  1. The Licensor shall not be bound by any additional or different terms or conditions communicated by You unless expressly agreed.
  2. Any arrangements, understandings, or agreements regarding the Licensed Material not stated herein are separate from and independent of the terms and conditions of this Public License.

Section 8 – Interpretation.

  1. For the avoidance of doubt, this Public License does not, and shall not be interpreted to, reduce, limit, restrict, or impose conditions on any use of the Licensed Material that could lawfully be made without permission under this Public License.
  2. To the extent possible, if any provision of this Public License is deemed unenforceable, it shall be automatically reformed to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable. If the provision cannot be reformed, it shall be severed from this Public License without affecting the enforceability of the remaining terms and conditions.
  3. No term or condition of this Public License will be waived and no failure to comply consented to unless expressly agreed to by the Licensor.
  4. Nothing in this Public License constitutes or may be interpreted as a limitation upon, or waiver of, any privileges and immunities that apply to the Licensor or You, including from the legal processes of any jurisdiction or authority.

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