Toronto 3D Sign (Night)

Properly-attributed works

In this post, we'd like to show you some examples of proper attributions for Creative Commons works.

"TASL" - Title, Author, Source, License

• Title - What is the name of the material?A title was provided for the material
• Author - Who owns the material? Name the author or authors of the material in question.
• Source - Where can I find it? Since you somehow accessed the material, you know where to find it. Provide the source of the material so others can, too.
• License - How can I use it? You are obviously using the material for free thanks to the CC license, so make note of it. Don't just say the material is Creative Commons, because that says nothing about how the material can actually be used. Remember that there are six different CC licenses; which one is the material under? Name and provide a link to it, eg. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ for CC BY.  → If the licensor included a license notice with more information, include that as well.

 LOOK AT THIS EXAMPLES:

  Nicholas Nico Valenton - Toronto 3D Sign (Night)
by  (CC BY 2.0

Because:

Title? "Toronto 3D Sign (Night)"

Author? "Nicholas Nico Valenton" - linked to his profile page

Source? "https://www.flickr.com/photos/79137504@N05/" - linked to original Flickr page

License? "CC BY 2.0" - linked to license deed

This is a good attribution for material from multiple sources

Because:

Title? Specific works are named, eg. "Box-and-whisker Plots"
Author? Different authors noted for the different works.
Source? Original materials are linked for each work
License? The different licenses (Creative Commons Attribution for Collaborative Statistics and Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike for the Khan Academy video) are spelled out and linked for each work