Creative Commons | Find official license guidance and the chooser
Official name：Creative Commons
Creative Commons provides open-license guidance and a license chooser. Choosing a license for your own work is different from checking permission to reuse someone else’s; the organization’s homepage cannot replace a work’s licensing information.
Official website
creativecommons.org
https://creativecommons.org/
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What it is
Creative Commons (CC) is a nonprofit that develops legal and technical tools for sharing knowledge and culture. Its website helps readers understand open licenses and find a chooser for material they are entitled to license. Identifying the organization is a separate task from establishing how a particular photograph or article may be used.
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Choosing a license for your work
Start with “CC Licenses,” then open the “Chooser.” Establish that you can license the material before comparing commercial use, adaptations and conditions for sharing adaptations. The tool offers license choices; it does not review the rights in third-party photographs, music or other material within your work. Creating a page does not necessarily mean you hold every right in its contents.
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Checking someone else’s work
Return to the work’s publication page and check the exact license, version, creator and credit requirements. CC BY and licenses carrying NC, ND or SA do not impose identical conditions. Official guidance can explain the differences, but a link to the CC homepage does not establish which license applies to a work or grant missing permission on its owner’s behalf.
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Limits
CC does not provide legal advice, and a copyright license does not automatically resolve privacy, publicity, trademark or every other relevant right. For consequential commercial or disputed uses, examine the full license and associated rights and seek professional advice when needed. This directory helps locate official guidance and tools; it does not certify third-party material, select a license for you or guarantee live tool availability.
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Identity evidence and decision record
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creativecommons.org
Supporting material · Creative Commons https://creativecommons.org/who-we-are/
Who We Are header/footer Creative Commons text anchor returns exactly https://creativecommons.org/; Terms section 1 separately identifies Creative Commons Corporation operating that website., Who We Are opening organization paragraph identifies Creative Commons (CC); header and footer name Creative Commons.
Original decision record
Creative Commons 的组织介绍页将其说明为非营利组织，并链接回 creativecommons.org 主站；主站另列许可说明和选择工具。本条是组织官网，不是某件作品的授权证明。使用作品时仍须核对该作品自己的许可与署名条件。
Creative Commons’ organization page identifies it as a nonprofit and links back to creativecommons.org, whose navigation separates license guidance and the chooser. This is the organization’s website, not proof that a particular work is licensed. Check that work’s own license and attribution conditions before reuse.
Regional access observations
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