The basics

Creative Commons provides a set of free tools to help you legally share your knowledge and creativity. The Creative Commons licenses have become the de facto international standard for open licensing of creative works.

Watch the following video and find out about the motivation and philosophy behind Creative Commons.

Creative Commons enables creators to share creative works legally by providing several copyright licenses and tools that creators may use to grant the public specific permissions on how to use their work. The combination of Creative Commons licenses and tools in the hands of users makes possible a vast and growing digital commons, a pool of content that can be copied, distributed, edited, remixed, and built upon, all within the boundaries of copyright law.