Projects
Creative Commons has launched a series of projects designed to support and expand the public domain. These projects include the following. If you have ideas that we could launch, contact us.
Licenses
From all rights reserved to some rights reserved.
From all rights reserved to some rights reserved.
CC0
A protocol that enables people to waive any rights associated with a work.
A protocol that enables people to waive any rights associated with a work.
CC+
A protocol providing a simple way for users to get rights beyond the rights granted by a CC license.
A protocol providing a simple way for users to get rights beyond the rights granted by a CC license.
CC REL
A recommendation for metadata and rights expression from CC.
A recommendation for metadata and rights expression from CC.
Search
Find CC-licensed works.
Find CC-licensed works.
Science
Establishing CC within the scientific community.
Establishing CC within the scientific community.
Development
Developers
Discover and contribute to the technology that supports CC licenses.
Discover and contribute to the technology that supports CC licenses.
Web Integration
Integrate CC licenses with your site.
Integrate CC licenses with your site.
Translate
Help us translate our website(s), software projects, and potential future projects.
Help us translate our website(s), software projects, and potential future projects.
Labs
Technical prototypes, experiments, and discussion from the CC Technology Team.
Technical prototypes, experiments, and discussion from the CC Technology Team.
Information
Board Reports
Summaries of Creative Commons board meetings.
Summaries of Creative Commons board meetings.
Case Studies
Explore and add noteworthy global CC stories.
Explore and add noteworthy global CC stories.
Documentation
CC specifications, recommendations and tutorials.
CC specifications, recommendations and tutorials.
Marking
Properly mark your work with the rights it carries.
Properly mark your work with the rights it carries.
Metrics
Gathering, processing and visualizing licensing data.
Gathering, processing and visualizing licensing data.
Salons
Global, informal events focused on building a community of artists, developers, and creators.
Global, informal events focused on building a community of artists, developers, and creators.