Creative Commons

American  

noun

1. Sometimes creative commons a set of various licenses that allow people to share their copyrighted work to be copied, edited, built upon, etc., while retaining the copyright to the original work (often used attributively): a creative commons license.

   We’re happy for other sites to share these photos under Creative Commons;

   a creative commons license.

2. the nonprofit organization that releases these licenses.

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Etymology

Origin of Creative Commons

First recorded in 2000–05

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Example Sentences

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Creative Commons

This article first appeared on KFF Health News and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.

From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2024

It also asserts she lifted an image without crediting the source as required by a Creative Commons license.

From Science Magazine ● Jan. 8, 2024

There are already attempts at making a standardized NFT license, but so far, none have seen the kind of success Creative Commons has in the non-crypto world.

From The Verge ● Sep. 6, 2022

When somebody makes an edit to Wikipedia, they agree to release their contribution to the public interest via a Creative Commons license.

From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2021

Windermere, FL 34786     The Mathematical-Historical Principles and the Evolution of Liberty   This book is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States license.

From The Mathematical-Historical Principles and the Evolution of Liberty by Víctor José Fernández Bolívar

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