CC BY is often the default license publishers use for open publications, allowing others to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon work, even commercially, with attribution. This allows for the maximum dissemination and use of licensed materials. But depending on other elements in the work you don’t own or control copyright and the preferences of co-authors, CC BY might not be the best choice.
You and your co-authors need to decide whether or not you want to allow others to make changes or “derivatives” to the work, or whether you want to restrict others from using the work as is. You can indicate that you want others have rights to use the work itself, or you can indicate that others have rights to use derivatives of the work. If you want to encourage others to make interesting new works from the work, or customize it for their own needs, you will want to allow others to make derivatives.
Here are some things to consider:
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