Can I use CC BY-ND content commercially?

Short answer: Commercial sharing of the unchanged work: Yes. Commercial sharing of a cropped, edited or translated version: No.

CC BY-ND 4.0 allows commercial sharing of the unchanged work with credit; it forbids sharing adapted versions.

Commercial sharing of the unchanged work: Yes

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC-BY-ND-4.0, curated)

• Every use you described is granted by CC BY-ND 4.0, and nothing you described is prohibited.

Duties: attribution, license_notice, no_additional_restrictions

Commercial sharing of a cropped, edited or translated version: No

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC-BY-ND-4.0, curated)

• You may adapt the material for yourself, but you may not share the adapted material (section 2(a)(1)(B)).

Duties: attribution, license_notice, no_additional_restrictions

Context

• Cropping, remixing or translating and then publishing counts as sharing an adaptation.

Sources

• CC BY-ND 4.0 legal code

Check it yourself (free, no key)

{
  "tool": "check_license",
  "arguments": {
    "license": "CC-BY-ND-4.0",
    "intended_use": {
      "commercial_use": true,
      "redistribution": true
    }
  }
}

Computed from Rightshold's license profiles; not legal advice. Updated 2026-10-23. JSON · Markdown