Creative Commons

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Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that provides free, standardized copyright licenses to help creators legally share and reuse their work.

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Label	Occurrences
Creative Commons canonical	31
Public Domain Mark	2
creative commons	2
CC Search (now integrated into Openverse)	1
Creative Commons (online edition)	1
Creative Commons Global Network	1
Creative Commons board of directors	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10406 — 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
Context triple: [Creative Commons license, developedBy, Creative Commons]

A. Creative Commons 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.
B. OpenCourseWare movement
The OpenCourseWare movement is a global initiative in which universities and educators freely share course materials and educational resources online to promote open access to knowledge.
C. World Wide Web Consortium
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the main international standards organization responsible for developing open protocols and guidelines to ensure the long-term growth and interoperability of the Web.
D. 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.
E. Bootstrap Institute
Bootstrap Institute was a research and consulting organization founded by computing pioneer Douglas Engelbart to advance his vision of augmenting human intellect through innovative information technologies and organizational practices.
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
Target entity description: Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that provides free, standardized copyright licenses to help creators legally share and reuse their work.

A. Creative Commons 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.
B. OpenCourseWare movement
The OpenCourseWare movement is a global initiative in which universities and educators freely share course materials and educational resources online to promote open access to knowledge.
C. World Wide Web Consortium
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the main international standards organization responsible for developing open protocols and guidelines to ensure the long-term growth and interoperability of the Web.
D. 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.
E. Bootstrap Institute
Bootstrap Institute was a research and consulting organization founded by computing pioneer Douglas Engelbart to advance his vision of augmenting human intellect through innovative information technologies and organizational practices.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (78)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	copyright organization ⓘ nonprofit organization ⓘ open content movement organization ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Open Knowledge Foundation ⓘ UNESCO ⓘ Wikimedia Foundation ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
develops	CC0 public domain dedication ⓘ Creative Commons licenses ⓘ linked to: Creative Commons license Public Domain Mark ⓘ linked to: Creative Commons
discourages	license misuse ⓘ misrepresentation of authorship ⓘ
distinguishesFrom	software-specific licenses such as the GNU General Public License ⓘ
encourages	legal sharing of creative works ⓘ reuse and remixing of content ⓘ
focusesOn	global legal usability of licenses ⓘ interoperability of open licenses ⓘ legal tools for sharing creative works ⓘ standardized copyright licenses ⓘ
foundedBy	Eric Eldred ⓘ Eric Saltzman ⓘ Hal Abelson ⓘ Lawrence Lessig ⓘ MIT Media Lab ⓘ
foundedInCity	San Francisco, California, United States ⓘ linked to: San Francisco
hasBoardChair	Lawrence Lessig ⓘ
hasKeyConcept	attribution ⓘ free culture ⓘ no derivatives ⓘ noncommercial use ⓘ public domain dedication ⓘ share alike ⓘ
hasLanguageSupport	multiple jurisdictions worldwide ⓘ
hasLicenseVersion	1.0 ⓘ 2.0 ⓘ 2.5 ⓘ 3.0 ⓘ 4.0 ⓘ
hasMainGoal	to expand the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share ⓘ to provide free, standardized copyright licenses ⓘ
hasNotableProject	CC Search (now integrated into Openverse) ⓘ linked to: Creative Commons Creative Commons License Chooser ⓘ
hasProgram	Creative Commons Global Network ⓘ linked to: Creative Commons Open Culture program ⓘ Open Education program ⓘ Open GLAM program ⓘ Open Science program ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Mountain View, California, United States ⓘ linked to: Mountain View
inception	2001 ⓘ
legalForm	501(c)(3) nonprofit organization ⓘ
licenseAppliesTo	audio ⓘ data ⓘ educational resources ⓘ images ⓘ software documentation ⓘ text ⓘ video ⓘ
licenseFamily	CC0 ⓘ linked to: Creative Commons license Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) ⓘ linked to: Creative Commons license Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives (CC BY-ND) ⓘ linked to: Creative Commons license Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) ⓘ linked to: Creative Commons license Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) ⓘ linked to: Creative Commons license Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA) ⓘ linked to: Creative Commons license Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) ⓘ linked to: Creative Commons license Public Domain Mark ⓘ linked to: Creative Commons
licenseType	copyleft-compatible licenses ⓘ non-copyleft licenses ⓘ
motto	When we share, everyone wins ⓘ
operatesInArea	copyright law ⓘ open culture ⓘ open data ⓘ open education ⓘ open licensing ⓘ
supports	cultural heritage digitization ⓘ open access publishing ⓘ open data initiatives ⓘ open educational resources ⓘ
website	https://creativecommons.org ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Creative Commons license → developedBy → Creative Commons ⓘ

Creative Commons → develops → Public Domain Mark ⓘ

linked to: Creative Commons

Creative Commons → licenseFamily → Public Domain Mark ⓘ

linked to: Creative Commons

Creative Commons → hasProgram → Creative Commons Global Network ⓘ

linked to: Creative Commons

Creative Commons → hasNotableProject → CC Search (now integrated into Openverse) ⓘ

linked to: Creative Commons

Open GLAM program → sponsoredBy → Creative Commons ⓘ

Open GLAM program → operatedBy → Creative Commons ⓘ

Lawrence Lessig → founded → Creative Commons ⓘ

Creative Commons License Chooser → developedBy → Creative Commons ⓘ

Creative Commons License Chooser → publisher → Creative Commons ⓘ

Creative Commons License Chooser → relatedTo → Creative Commons ⓘ

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom → license → Creative Commons ⓘ

Homeland → license → Creative Commons ⓘ

Eastern Standard Tribe → license → Creative Commons ⓘ

For the Win → license → Creative Commons ⓘ

Boing Boing → associatedWith → Creative Commons ⓘ

Hal Abelson → notableWork → Creative Commons ⓘ

Hal Abelson → coFounderOf → Creative Commons ⓘ

Hal Abelson → boardMemberOf → Creative Commons ⓘ

Eric Saltzman → coFounderOf → Creative Commons ⓘ

Eric Saltzman → knownFor → Creative Commons ⓘ

Eric Saltzman → affiliation → Creative Commons ⓘ

Free Culture → subject → creative commons ⓘ

linked to: Creative Commons

free culture movement → relatedTo → Creative Commons ⓘ

free culture movement → hasNotableOrganization → Creative Commons ⓘ

Public Domain Mark → developedBy → Creative Commons ⓘ

Public Domain Mark → publisher → Creative Commons ⓘ

Public Domain Mark → introducedBy → Creative Commons ⓘ

Aaron Swartz → contributedTo → Creative Commons ⓘ

James Boyle → researchInterest → creative commons ⓘ

linked to: Creative Commons

James Boyle → coFounderOf → Creative Commons ⓘ

James Boyle → memberOf → Creative Commons board of directors ⓘ

linked to: Creative Commons

CC0 → developedBy → Creative Commons ⓘ

CC0 → publisher → Creative Commons ⓘ

Creative Commons public domain tools → developedBy → Creative Commons ⓘ

Accelerando → license → Creative Commons ⓘ

The Wealth of Networks → license → Creative Commons (online edition) ⓘ

linked to: Creative Commons

Chief Executive Officer of Creative Commons → employer → Creative Commons ⓘ

Chief Executive Officer of Creative Commons → positionIn → Creative Commons ⓘ

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