How to allow others to “REMIX” your content

We call published content Leaves on SharingTree. All content published in SharingTree as Collaborative or most Creative Commons licenses can be “remixed” and become part of a COLLABORATION. Collabs allows other users to share their modified version of an original LEAF back to SharingTree using the “Add a Collab” option.

Collaborations receive the permissions of the original LEAF and SharingTree handles all appropriate attributions. Collaborations can modify the original content or extend the original to different formats (Docs, Slides, Sheets, videos, etc).

If you want to publish your content so others can remix it, then select “Collaborative” or “Creative Commons” in the “Add a Leaf” dialog box shown below.

License types

The Collaborative license allows for Remixing and Share-Alike only on SharingTree while selecting Creative Commons brings up options based on a combination of Requiring Attribution (BY), Share-Alike (SA), Prohibiting Commercial Use (NC) and No Derivatives (ND). Below is a table that compares the different Creative Commons and Copyrighted (©) licenses.

If you are unfamiliar with these licenses, you can learn more from the Creative Commons website. Public Domain (PD) is the least restrictive and does not limit how the original content is adapted or redistributed. From the list above, we see that Public Domain (PD), Creative Commons Zero (Ø), CC-BY, CC-BY-SA, CC-BY-NC, and CC-BY-NC-SA allow adapting/remixing and can be part of a collaboration. Any license with ND (No Derivatives) cannot be part of a collaboration or remixed. Copyrighted material is the most restrictive and cannot be adapted or redistributed except by the author.

To support others remixing your content SharingTree recommends publishing under our Collaborative license or using the CC-BY-NC-SA option. Only traditional Copyrighted(©) content can have a PRICE while Collaborative and all Creative Commons content must be FREE. We look forward to building this community with you. Head over to SharingTree and try publishing your first leaf or Add a Collab today!