Creative Commons

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Creative Commons¹

First recorded in 2000–05

Example Sentences

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Mikael Klintman, Professor of Sociology, Lund UniversityThis article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.

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Liam Kennedy, Professor of American Studies, University College DublinThis article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.

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Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of CanberraThis article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.

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Sydney Calkin, Lecturer in Political Geography, Queen Mary University of LondonThis article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.

From No Straight News

The license agreement (see below), is from Creative Commons and it gives you even more rights than you get to a regular book.

From Project Gutenberg

Creative Commons is not a party to this License, and makes no warranty whatsoever in connection with the Work.

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