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What is Creative Commons?

What is Creative Commons?

Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools.

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Creative Commons licenses help creators retain copyright while defining the terms on which others may use their work."graphic depicting various creative common licenses on a vertical scale from most-open licenses at the top to least-open licenses at the bottom"

Content created by Creative Commons, originally published at http://creativecommons.org/examples, under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.