Authorship

While copyright looks to the rights of other authors, with authorship we want to indicate the rights and responsibilities that you have as an author.

Obviously, the same principle applies to you as well as for other authors: you have the right to decide what happens to your work. If someone else wants to use your work then that person must ask your permission. The same copyright exceptions also apply to you: right to quote, free distribution of news, education, etc. A source citation is then sufficient.

Are you giving someone the right to use your work (free of charge)? Then you are giving that person a user licence. Do you think everyone should be able to use your work? Then you can choose a creative commons licence. In this way you retain all author rights but give others permission to use, distribute and eventually to work on it themselves. There are six creative commons licences to choose from.

With authorship we want to point out the responsibilities that you take on as an author. Only you are responsible for the work you have made. Are you happy with the end result? Have you kept faith with your cultural identity and principles? Hopefully, you can look back on the process you have undergone with pride!

More information about creative commons.