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Creative Commons CC0 License

Summary

Creative Commons CC0 License is a Creative Commons license[1]. It draws 166 Wikipedia views per month (creative_commons_license category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creative Commons CC0 License is the creator of Creative Commons Corporation[3].
  • Creative Commons CC0 License's instance of is recorded as Creative Commons license[4].
  • Creative Commons CC0 License's instance of is recorded as public-domain-equivalent license[5].
  • Creative Commons CC0 License's instance of is recorded as open license[6].
  • Creative Commons CC0 License's instance of is recorded as waiver[7].
  • Creative Commons CC0 License's copyright license is recorded as Creative Commons CC0 License[8].
  • Creative Commons CC0 License is a type of license[9].
  • Creative Commons CC0 License's software version identifier is recorded as 1.0[10].
  • Creative Commons CC0 License's Commons category is recorded as CC-Zero[11].
  • Creative Commons CC0 License's said to be the same as is recorded as Wikidata:Text of the Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication[12].
  • Creative Commons CC0 License was published on 2009[13].
  • Creative Commons CC0 License's approved by is recorded as Copyfree Initiative[14].
  • Creative Commons CC0 License's approved by is recorded as Q48413[15].
  • Creative Commons CC0 License's official website is recorded as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/[16].
  • Creative Commons CC0 License's topic's main category is recorded as Category:CC-zero files[17].
  • Creative Commons CC0 License's work available at URL is recorded as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode[18].
  • Creative Commons CC0 License's work available at URL is recorded as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode.txt[19].
  • Creative Commons CC0 License's described by source is recorded as Open Science Thesaurus[20].
  • Creative Commons CC0 License's replaces is recorded as Copyright-Only Dedication or Public Domain Certification[21].
  • Creative Commons CC0 License's topic has template is recorded as Template:CC0[22].
  • Creative Commons CC0 License's has characteristic is recorded as adaptation right[23].
  • Creative Commons CC0 License's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'CC0'}[24].
  • Creative Commons CC0 License's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mis', 'text': '🅭🄍'}[25].
  • Creative Commons CC0 License's different from is recorded as Copyright-Only Dedication or Public Domain Certification[26].
  • Creative Commons CC0 License's different from is recorded as Public Domain Mark 1.0 Universal[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include Creative Commons license[4], public-domain-equivalent license[5], open license[6], and waiver[7]. Creative Commons CC0 License is a type of license[9].

Why It Matters

Creative Commons CC0 License draws 166 Wikipedia views per month (creative_commons_license category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . opendefinition.org. opendefinition.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . creativecommons.org. Retrieved . creativecommons.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . creativecommons.org. Retrieved . creativecommons.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . copyfree.org. copyfree.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . GNU.org. gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . data.loterre.fr. Retrieved . data.loterre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . creativecommons.org. creativecommons.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Creative Commons CC0 License. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/creative-commons-cc0-license
MLA “Creative Commons CC0 License.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/creative-commons-cc0-license.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_creative-commons-cc0-license_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Creative Commons CC0 License}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/creative-commons-cc0-license}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · Conbene · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Published in → ['Q140519535', 'Q140519535']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1433]]: [[Q140519535]]"
  2. 6d ago · Conbene · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Published in → ['Q140519535', 'Q140519535']
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P1433]]: [[Q140519535]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/260640|batch #260640]]"
  3. 27d ago · Trivialist · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Exact match → https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/, http://www.ebi.ac.uk/swo/license/SWO_1000049, http://purl.org/NET/rdflicense/cc-zero1.0
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||en, de, fr, it, vi, nl, zh-hant, zh-tw, sv, tr, pt, es, pt-br, en-gb, ms, ja, eu, sk, be-tarask, sr-ec, mul */ Cleanup: remove alias=label/mul; merg"
  4. 11w ago · GeertivpBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:CC-zero files
    License → —
    Copyright status → copyrighted, dedicated to the public domain by copyright holder
    Replaces → —
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P361]]: [[Q284742]], #pwb Copy label Add onderdeel van (P361)"
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