Creative Commons license
family of public copyright licenses for allowing free use of a work
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Summary
Creative Commons license ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,905 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Author: Creative Commons Corporation[2]
- Creator: Alex Roberts[3]
- Maintained by: Creative Commons Corporation[4]
- Headquarters location: Mountain View[5]
- Subclass of: public license[6], copyright license[7]
- Has use: free content[8]
- Commons category: Creative Commons[9]
- Country of origin: United States[10]
- Has part(s): Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike[11], Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives[12], Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives[13], Creative Commons CC0 License[14], Creative Commons Attribution[15], Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial[16], Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike[17]
- Official website: http://www.creativecommons.it/[18], https://creativecommons.org[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Creative Commons License[20]
- Described by source: Open Science Thesaurus[21]
- Topic has template: Template:Creative Commons Licenses[22]
- Short name: 🅭[23], CC[24]
- Complies with: Digital Public Goods Standard[25]
Why It Matters
Creative Commons license has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]