licence clause clause Attribution clause An Attribution clause is a license clause intended to provide a specified level of recognition of the licensor as the copyright holder of the work. This can take many forms, including the requirement to preserve any copyright notice, attribution statements and the URL (link) to the original work. The attribution requirement thus serves the dual purpose of ensuring that the publisher receives appropriate credit, and that provenance information is kept intact. There are varying strengths of these clauses, from licensors requesting not to be attributed at all to requiring attribution for all uses of the resource. Modified by Allyson Lister from http://creativecommons.org/tag/attribution