Creative Commons license

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open content license public copyright license standardized license

A Creative Commons license is a standardized public copyright license that allows creators to grant the public permission to share, use, and sometimes modify their work under specified conditions.

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All labels observed (61)

Label	Occurrences
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License	122
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike	76
Creative Commons license canonical	22
Creative Commons licenses	17
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license	11
Creative Commons Attribution 2.5	6
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike	6
Creative Commons Attribution	4
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0	4
Creative Commons Attribution license	4
CC0	3
Creative Commons Attribution License	3
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International	3
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International	3
CC BY	2
CC BY-NC	2
CC BY-SA	2
Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License	2
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License	2
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0	2
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International	2
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial	2
CC BY-NC-SA	1
CC BY-ND	1
CC license	1
Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)	1
Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence (in spirit, not identical)	1
Creative Commons Attribution 2.0	1
Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic	1
Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License	1
Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic	1
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (in many reuse scenarios)	1
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License	1
Creative Commons Attribution licence	1
Creative Commons Attribution license (for many articles)	1
Creative Commons Attribution license on YouTube	1
Creative Commons Attribution licenses	1
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives (CC BY-ND)	1
Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 3.0 license	1
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)	1
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5	1
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND)	1
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License	1
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA)	1
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA)	1
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 for OpenStreetMap data	1
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported	1
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license (for Wikipedia content dual-licensing)	1
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license (for most text)	1
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license (for text on debian.org)	1
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike licenses	1
Creative Commons BY-NC-SA	1
Creative Commons BY-SA	1
Creative Commons Zero	1
Creative Commons attribution licenses	1
Creative Commons copyleft licenses	1
Creative Commons licenses (for non-code content)	1
Creative Commons licenses (for open access articles)	1
Creative Commons licensing suite	1
Creative Commons-based licenses	1
Public Domain Mark	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1112 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Creative Commons license
Context triple: [MIT OpenCourseWare, license, Creative Commons license]

A. MIT OpenCourseWare
MIT OpenCourseWare is a free, web-based publication of virtually all Massachusetts Institute of Technology course content, offering open access to lecture notes, exams, and other educational materials to learners worldwide.
B. MIT Libraries
MIT Libraries is the academic library system of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, supporting research, teaching, and learning across science, engineering, and related fields.
C. Carnegie endowment trust
The Carnegie endowment trust is a philanthropic foundation established by Andrew Carnegie to fund scientific, educational, and charitable initiatives, including institutions like the Carnegie Institution of Washington.
D. NACA
NACA (the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) was the U.S. government agency that conducted pioneering aeronautical research and served as the predecessor to NASA.
E. Loveless Award
The Loveless Award is an honor recognizing significant contributions to the field of computing and information technology.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Creative Commons license
Target entity description: A Creative Commons license is a standardized public copyright license that allows creators to grant the public permission to share, use, and sometimes modify their work under specified conditions.

A. MIT OpenCourseWare
MIT OpenCourseWare is a free, web-based publication of virtually all Massachusetts Institute of Technology course content, offering open access to lecture notes, exams, and other educational materials to learners worldwide.
B. Fair Deal
The Fair Deal was President Harry S. Truman’s ambitious post–World War II domestic reform program aimed at expanding social welfare, civil rights, and economic opportunity in the United States.
C. N8 Research Partnership
N8 Research Partnership is a collaboration of eight research-intensive universities in Northern England focused on advancing world-class research, innovation, and economic growth.
D. MIT Libraries
MIT Libraries is the academic library system of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, supporting research, teaching, and learning across science, engineering, and related fields.
E. SHASS
SHASS is the abbreviated name commonly used for the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at academic institutions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	open content license ⓘ public copyright license ⓘ standardized license ⓘ
allows	copying of works ⓘ distribution of works ⓘ sharing of works ⓘ
appliesTo	copyrighted content ⓘ creative works ⓘ
basedOn	copyright law ⓘ
developedBy	Creative Commons ⓘ
distinguishesFrom	traditional all-rights-reserved copyright ⓘ
encourages	reuse of creative works ⓘ sharing of knowledge and culture ⓘ
governs	rights to adapt works ⓘ rights to copy ⓘ rights to distribute ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	CC license ⓘ linked to: Creative Commons license
hasCondition	Attribution ⓘ NoDerivatives ⓘ NonCommercial ⓘ ShareAlike ⓘ
hasFeature	human-readable deed ⓘ lawyer-readable legal code ⓘ machine-readable metadata ⓘ
hasProperty	non-exclusive ⓘ revocable under certain conditions ⓘ royalty-free ⓘ
hasPurpose	to allow creators to grant the public permission to use their works ⓘ to facilitate legal sharing of creative works ⓘ to provide a simple, standardized way to manage copyright permissions ⓘ
hasVariant	CC BY ⓘ linked to: Creative Commons license CC BY-NC ⓘ linked to: Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND ⓘ CC BY-NC-SA ⓘ CC BY-ND ⓘ CC BY-SA ⓘ linked to: Creative Commons license CC0 ⓘ linked to: Creative Commons license Public Domain Mark ⓘ linked to: Creative Commons license
isCompatibleWith	certain free and open source licenses ⓘ
isPartOf	Creative Commons licensing suite ⓘ linked to: Creative Commons license
isUsedFor	music ⓘ open access scholarly publishing ⓘ open data and datasets ⓘ open educational resources ⓘ photography ⓘ textual works ⓘ video ⓘ
mayAllow	commercial use of works ⓘ modification of works ⓘ
regulates	reuse of copyrighted works ⓘ
requires	compliance with specified conditions ⓘ
supports	global use across jurisdictions ⓘ

How these facts were elicited