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Anyone may choose a Creative Commons license by going to http://creativecommons.org/license/

Several services are available to integrate license selection into a website or application:

==Drop-down menu==

Include a list of available licenses in a drop down menu on your form.  List may be included via javascript, server-side retrieval, or by simply copying and saving directly into your form.  The last method will not obtain new license versions, but is by far the simplest, and licenses should [[License versions|version]] rarely and old versions are always still valid.

Requires minimal knowledge of HTML.

Documented at http://api.creativecommons.org/docs/readme_15.html#simple-chooser or merely go to http://api.creativecommons.org/rest/1.5/simple/chooser for the simplest invocation, which obtains a list of license URIs and names in the form of a select list (which can be easily parsed if you wanted a list of licenses for use elsewhere).

==Website Popup==

Allows a website to give users a choice of any current CC license, generally via a popup. Javascript may be used to save license choice result in local form value -- may be integrated to any existing form on your site.

Requires some knowledge of HTML and Javascript.

Documented at [[Web Integration Guide]]

Screenshot below, example described at [[Movable Type]].

[[Image:Choose_license_popup.png]]


==RESTful web services API==

Allows any website or application to transparently integrate CC licensing.

Requires programming.

Documented at http://api.creativecommons.org with more information including library implementations at [[Creative Commons Web Services]].

Implementations include [[ccPublisher]], the [[Microsoft Office Addin]], and [[Drupal]].  Screenshot from ccPublisher:

[[Image:Ccp2_screenshot_4.png]]

==Widget==

The Javascript Widget [[LicenseChooser.js]] provides an additional, lightweight method for integrating license selection into web applications. The widget is used by TypePad, as well as WpLicense. 

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