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title: Permaculture Licensing - open collaborative development
description: Based on the structure of Creative Commons we can develop the license of sustainable projects based on the permaculture principles
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# Permaculture Licensing
## Permanent Commons
&hellip; based on [Creative Commons](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/), but with the principles of
- Earth care,
- People Care and 
- Fair-share

## The layers of licenses
### Attribution  
**`PC BY`**
This license lets others distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. This is the most accommodating of licenses offered. Recommended for **maximum dissemination and use** of licensed materials.
### Attribution-EarthCare  
**`PC BY-EC`**

This license lets others remix, adapt, and build upon your work even for commercial purposes, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms. All new works based on yours will carry the same license, so any derivatives will also **serves the health of nature**.

### Attribution-PeopleCare  
**`PC BY-PC`**

This license lets others remix, adapt, and build upon your work even for commercial purposes, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms. All new works based on yours will carry the same license, so any derivatives will also **serves the health of people and society**.

### Attribution-FairShare  
**`PC BY-FS`**

This license lets others remix, adapt, and build upon your work even for commercial purposes, as long as they credit you, license their new creations under the identical terms and provide *pro-rata share*. All new works based on yours will carry the same license, so any derivatives will also **disseminates the use of fair-share**.

### Attribution-  
**`PC BY-EC-PC`**


### Attribution-  
**`PC BY-EC-FS`**


### Attribution-  
**`PC BY-PC-FS`**


### Attribution-  
**`PC BY-EC-PC-FS`**



## Use recommendation
- [ ] [Permaculture eBooks - Permaculture Principles Australian Store - Permaculture Principles](https://au.permacultureprinciples.com/product-category/ebooks/)