Research Guides: Copyright & Fair Use: Traditional Knowlege (TK) Licenses

Traditional Knowledge Licenses

Similar to Creative Commons Licenses, Traditional Knowledge Licenses allow authors to indicate rights and reuse information when negotiating and managing cultural heritage material where Indigenous individuals or communities do not hold the copyright. These are actively in development by Local Contexts. There are four license types currently:

TK Attribution (TK A)
TK Outreach (TK O)
TK Commercial (TK C)
TK Non-Commercial (TK NC)

Traditional Knowledge Licenses
The Local Contexts Traditional Knowledge licenses website explains the context and how the licenses are applied.
Traditional Knowledge Labels
The Local Contexts Traditional Knowledge offer a way to note provenance and protocols around traditional knowledge.