Whether your creation is a collection or an adaptation, you should apply Creative Commons License to your work to control its copyright. Remember you can license only your own work and no one else's, and the license is irrevocable once applied.

1. Consider what the most important elements for your copyright are. See Considerations for licensors and licensees.
   • Do you want other people to use your work to create something new?
   • Do you want to have your work incorporated into Wikipedia?
   • Do you want to give away all your rights in your work so that anyone in the world will be able to use it without your permission?
   • Will it be ok if someone uses your work for commercial purposes?
2. Decide which Creative Commons license you want to apply to your work.
3. Optionally, you can use CC License chooser.
4. Indicate CC license of your choice in a location that is clear and visible to the public.

Your license should follow the TASL approach.

T = The title of your work
A = Your name
S = A link to where your work can be found
L = The specific Creative Commons license including the version of the license and a link to the legal code for the license.

For more detail, check out Making your work with a CC license.

When you use any work licensed under Creative Commons, you must give attribution to the creator of the work. Attribution informs other uses of the property of original works and attaches the creators’ names to their works. You should provide as much information as possible if a creator provides extensive information in the attribution notice. See Best practices for attribution for more information.

The best practice for attribution is the TASL approach.

T = Title of the work
A = Author
S = Source (Hyperlink to the sources)
L = License