Creative Commons
Americannoun
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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.
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the nonprofit organization that releases these licenses.
Etymology
Origin of Creative Commons
First recorded in 2000–05
Example Sentences
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Wikipedia’s information is available under a Creative Commons license—it’s freely licensed.
From Slate ● Nov. 17, 2025
This article first appeared on KFF Health News and is republished here under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2025
It also asserts she lifted an image without crediting the source as required by a Creative Commons license.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 8, 2024
Google will then display images that have been licensed under Creative Commons.
From The Verge ● Aug. 22, 2022
The books are governed by Creative Commons licenses that permit their unlimited noncommercial redistribution, which means that you’re welcome to share them with anyone you think will want to see them.
From Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow
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