Creative Commons license

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Creative Commons license
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Creative Commons license

Summary

Creative Commons license ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,444 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Creative Commons license authored Creative Commons Corporation[2].
  • Creative Commons license is the creator of Alex Roberts[3].
  • Creative Commons license's maintained by is recorded as Creative Commons Corporation[4].
  • Creative Commons license's headquarters location is recorded as Mountain View[5].
  • Creative Commons license is a type of public license[6].
  • Creative Commons license is a type of copyright license[7].
  • Creative Commons license is used for free content[8].
  • Creative Commons license's Commons category is recorded as Creative Commons[9].
  • Creative Commons license's country of origin is recorded as United States[10].
  • Creative Commons license comprises Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike[11].
  • Creative Commons license comprises Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives[12].
  • Creative Commons license comprises Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives[13].
  • Creative Commons license comprises Creative Commons CC0 License[14].
  • Creative Commons license comprises Creative Commons Attribution[15].
  • Creative Commons license comprises Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial[16].
  • Creative Commons license comprises Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike[17].
  • Creative Commons license's official website is recorded as http://www.creativecommons.it/[18].
  • Creative Commons license's official website is recorded as https://creativecommons.org[19].
  • Creative Commons license's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Creative Commons License[20].
  • Creative Commons license's described by source is recorded as Open Science Thesaurus[21].
  • Creative Commons license's topic has template is recorded as Template:Creative Commons Licenses[22].
  • Creative Commons license's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': '🅭'}[23].
  • Creative Commons license's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'CC'}[24].
  • Creative Commons license's complies with is recorded as Q102442905[25].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include public license[6] and copyright license[7].

Use and Application

Creative Commons license is used for free content[8]. Components include Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike[11], a license[26], written by Creative Commons Corporation[27]; Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives[12], a license[28], written by Creative Commons Corporation[29]; Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives[13], written by Creative Commons Corporation[30]; Creative Commons CC0 License[14]; Creative Commons Attribution[15], written by Creative Commons Corporation[31]; and Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial[16], written by Creative Commons Corporation[32].

Why It Matters

Creative Commons license ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,444 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . System for Award Management. wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . Museum of Modern Art online collection. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . data.loterre.fr. Retrieved . data.loterre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . digitalpublicgoods.net. Retrieved . digitalpublicgoods.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Creative Commons license. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/creative-commons-license
MLA “Creative Commons license.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/creative-commons-license.
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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|13 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 38922, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  2. 25d ago · GeertivpBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin
    Topic's main category Category:Creative Commons License
    Subclass of public license, copyright license
    Topic has template Template:Creative Commons Licenses
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||mnw, pt, sr, uz, be, ca, el, eo, fa, en, ur */ #pwb Copy label"
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