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An administrator can enable any/all of the following licences in  ''Administration > Site administration > Plugins > Licences > Manage licences'' for user selection when [[Publish a course|publishing a course]] to a [[Community_hubs|Community Hub]] or uploading a file from a [[Repository|File Repository]].


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*The default licence is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_rights_reserved All rights reserved] but this may be changed in the dropdown. The other options are explained in the links below:
==Licence settings==
*An administrator can specify the default site licence from ''Site administration > Licence > Licence settings.''
*The setting 'Remember user licence preference' (enable by default) will remember the last licence selected by a user when uploading a file. If the setting is disabled, the default licence will be used.


* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_rights_reserved All rights reserved] ''(default option)''
==Licence manager==
* [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/ Public domain]
*From the licence manager, the administrator can disable certain licences (except the specified default).
* [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Creative Commons]
*A button 'Create licence' allows the administrator to enter details of a custom licence, along with its URL:
* [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/ Creative Commons - NoDerivs]
 
* [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Creative Commons - No Commercial NoDerivs]
[[File:createcustomlicence.png|center|Creating a custom licence]]
* [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/ Creative Commons - No Commercial]
* [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons - No Commercial ShareAlike]
* [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons - ShareAlike]
* Other - licence not already listed


==Licences affecting what users see==
==Licences affecting what users see==
Note: The licence given to a file when uploaded to Moodle does not in any way affect its visibility on a course. It simply creates the default when it is being re-used elsewhere. This default licence can be changed at the time of display.
Note: The licence given to a file when uploaded to Moodle does not in any way affect its visibility on a course. It simply creates the default when it is being re-used elsewhere. This default licence can be changed at the time of display.


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==See also==


* [http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/mod/oublog/viewpost.php?post=9925 Investigating licenses in Moodle2] blog post from Jenny Gray


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Latest revision as of 08:42, 16 June 2020

New feature
in Moodle 3.9!


Licence settings

  • An administrator can specify the default site licence from Site administration > Licence > Licence settings.
  • The setting 'Remember user licence preference' (enable by default) will remember the last licence selected by a user when uploading a file. If the setting is disabled, the default licence will be used.

Licence manager

  • From the licence manager, the administrator can disable certain licences (except the specified default).
  • A button 'Create licence' allows the administrator to enter details of a custom licence, along with its URL:
Creating a custom licence

Licences affecting what users see

Note: The licence given to a file when uploaded to Moodle does not in any way affect its visibility on a course. It simply creates the default when it is being re-used elsewhere. This default licence can be changed at the time of display.