Glossary

Creative Commons

Published June 16 2020 | Revised November 1 2022

Creative Commons (CC)

Creative Commons (CC) is a non-profit corporation dedicated to making it easier for people to share and build upon the work of others within the framework of national copyright laws. The CC suite of free copyright licenses provides a simple, standardized way to give users permission to share and use creative and scholarly work. There are six types of CC licence.

Six types of CC licence 1:

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