The Creative Commons license used by OSDDP allows anyone to read, alter, and distribute the licensed text as long as they agree to the terms on the Creative Commons website. The following is a more detailed description of the Attribution-ShareAlike2.0 license used by OSDDP:

You may copy, distribute, display, and perform works, as well as make derivative works, and use the work commercially. You may only do this if you abide by the following conditions:

• Attribution: You must give the original author credit.
• Share Alike: If you redistribute this work, you must do so under the Attribution-ShareAlike2.0 license.

The following scenarios will show what is allowed through the Creative Commons agreement.

Scenario 1: Another Creative Commons user wants to change an author’s original work so he/she can use it as their own. This may be done, as long as credit is given to the original author and the new text includes the Attribution-ShareAlike2.0 license.

Scenario 2: An author creates an original work, of which she/he has attached an Attribution-ShareAlike2.0 license. Under the license, the author still has the authority to edit, update, and/or build upon his original work. However, under the Creative Commons license, the original author has also given some rights for their original work to other people. This may only take place, if the author/artists wanting to make changes has agreed to the same Creative Commons license as the original author.

Scenario 3: An author wishes to use another author’s original work, without having to attach a Creative Commons license to his own piece. The author wanting to make changes may do this by obtaining explicit permission from the original author/copyright owner.