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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International

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Summary

Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International is a Creative Commons license[1]. It is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Creative Commons Corporation[3]
  • Instance of: open license[4], free license[5]
  • Follows: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported[6], Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Netherlands[7], Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Chile[8]
  • Copyright license: Creative Commons CC0 License[9]
  • Software version identifier: 4.0[10]
  • Commons category: CC-BY-SA-4.0[11]
  • Said to be the same as: Text of Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License[12]
  • Inception: November 25, 2013[13]
  • Publication date: November 25, 2013[14]
  • Edition or translation of: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike[15]
  • Approved by: Debian Free Software Guidelines[16], Free Software Foundation[17]
  • Official website: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 files[19]
  • Work available at URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode[20], https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-SA-4.0.html[21]
  • Topic has template: Template:CC-BY-SA-4.0[22], Template:CCBYSA4Source[23]
  • Title: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International[24]
  • Short name: CC BY-SA 4.0[25], ๐Ÿ…ญ๐Ÿ…ฏ๐Ÿ„Ž 4.0[26]
  • First line: Creative Commons Corporation (โ€œCreative Commonsโ€) is not a law firm and does not provide legal services or legal advice. Distribution of Creative Commons public licenses does not create a lawyer-client or other relationship. Creative Commons makes its licenses and related information available on an โ€œas-isโ€ basis. Creative Commons gives no warranties regarding its licenses, any material licensed under their terms and conditions, or any related information. Creative Commons disclaims all liability for damages resulting from their use to the fullest extent possible.[27]
  • Last line: Creative Commons may be contacted at creativecommons.org.[28]
  • Copyright status: copyrighted, dedicated to the public domain by copyright holder[29]
  • Compatible with: Free Art License[30]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] โ†‘ . opendefinition.org. opendefinition.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] โ†‘ . creativecommons.org. creativecommons.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] โ†‘ . creativecommons.org. creativecommons.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] โ†‘ . creativecommons.org. creativecommons.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] โ†‘ . wiki.debian.org. wiki.debian.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] โ†‘ . SPDX License List. Retrieved . spdx.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] โ†‘ . creativecommons.org. creativecommons.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] โ†‘ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] โ†‘ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago ยท MatSuBot bot ยท 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata โ†—
    Copyright license โ†’ Creative Commons CC0 License
    Sitelink count โ†’ 5
    Wikipedia languages โ†’ ['de', 'en', 'tum']
    Wikipedia title โ†’ CC BY-SA 4.0
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||tum, ro */ import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
  2. 22w ago ยท Wetzdata ยท 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata โ†—
    Edition or translation of โ†’ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike
    Imported from โ†’ โ€”
    Official website โ†’ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
    Instance of โ†’ Creative Commons license, open license, free license
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Copyright license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International, added License Info ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/bde28849ab6|details]])"
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