A post license tells other people what they may do with your work. Choose based on the reuse you are comfortable allowing, not on how you expect the post to be discovered.

This guide summarizes the options available on OutSized. It is general information, not legal advice.

If none of these licenses suit your work, contact support@outsized.social to request support for another license.

Start with the reuse you want

  • Choose ARR if you do not want to grant reuse permission beyond exceptions already provided by copyright law.
  • Choose CC0-1.0 if you want to dedicate the work to the public domain and do not require credit.
  • Choose a CC-BY license if reuse is welcome as long as people credit you.
  • Add NC when commercial reuse should not be allowed.
  • Add SA when adaptations must use the same or a compatible ShareAlike license.

Available licenses

ARR: All Rights Reserved
Others need your permission to copy, adapt, distribute, or use this work, except where copyright law allows.
CC0-1.0: Public domain dedication
Anyone may copy, adapt, share, and use this work for any purpose, including commercial use, without credit.
CC-BY-4.0: Attribution
Anyone may copy, adapt, share, and use this work for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as they give you credit.
CC-BY-SA-4.0: Attribution-ShareAlike
Anyone may reuse this work with credit, including commercially, but adaptations must use this or a compatible ShareAlike license.
CC-BY-NC-4.0: Attribution-NonCommercial
Anyone may copy, adapt, and share this work with credit, but they may not use it commercially.
CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Anyone may copy, adapt, and share this work with credit for noncommercial purposes, and adaptations must use this or a compatible ShareAlike license.

What the abbreviations mean

  • BY: anyone reusing the work must provide attribution.
  • NC: reuse is limited to noncommercial purposes.
  • SA: adaptations must be shared under the same or a compatible license.
  • CC0: a public domain dedication with no attribution requirement.
  • ARR: All Rights Reserved.

Assets and attribution

Asset posts default to CC-BY-NC-4.0 because the Assets section is intended for reusable community material. You may select another available license when publishing an asset.

Before using an asset, read its license and confirm that your intended use is allowed. Add every asset you use to the source asset field in your composer. The finished post will show those source assets, but the relationship does not override their license terms.

The OutSized display grant is separate

By publishing, you grant OutSized permission to display, transform, and modify your work solely for its display on this website. For example, the site may create thumbnails or media variants needed to present the post. This site-display grant does not change the license you selected for reuse by other people.

Defaults and existing posts

Your account's default license is selected automatically in supported composers. Change it in Settings. The adjacent action can apply that default to your existing posts after you review and confirm the change.

You can also edit an individual post and choose a different license. Before relicensing a collaborative work, make sure you have authority from the other rights holders to grant the new permissions.

A quick decision checklist

  1. Do you own the work or have authority to license it?
  2. Should other people be allowed to adapt or redistribute it?
  3. Is commercial use acceptable?
  4. Must adaptations use a compatible license?
  5. Does the post use source assets with requirements of their own?