Standard
Creative Commons licences
A family of six standard public licences that combine conditions such as attribution (BY), share-alike (SA), non-commercial (NC) and no-derivatives (ND).
How it connects
Who is behind it
- Creative Commons licences developed by Creative Commons. Published and maintained by Creative Commons.
Related to
- Creative Commons licences relates to Open licence. Only CC0, CC BY and CC BY-SA are on the conformant-licence list, so a CC licence is not always open.
Links
Details
Also known as: CC licences
Description
The Open Definition's list of conformant licences includes CC0, CC BY and CC BY-SA; the NC and ND variants are not on it. A CC licence is therefore not automatically an open licence. CC0 is a separate public-domain dedication.
Attributes
| url | https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/cclicenses/ |
|---|---|
| identifiers | wikidata: Q284742 |
| status | active |
| governance | Nonprofit |
| prominence | extended |
| type | Standard |
| standardKind | framework |
| requiresOpenness | no |
| Tags | region: global, openness: open content |
Sources
- https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/cclicenses/(opens in a new tab) (accessed 2026-11-13): Six licence types; BY, SA, NC and ND conditions.
- https://opendefinition.org/licenses/(opens in a new tab) (accessed 2026-11-13): Conformant: CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0, CC BY-SA 4.0 (+ older BY / BY-SA); NC/ND not named on the page.
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q284742(opens in a new tab) (accessed 2026-11-13)
Last reviewed: 2026-11-13
Something wrong or missing in this entry? Suggest a change to the description or facts(opens in a new tab) · Suggest a change to its connections(opens in a new tab)