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.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Creative Commons canonical | 28 |
| Public Domain Mark | 2 |
| creative commons | 2 |
| CC Search (now integrated into Openverse) | 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.
Target entity: Creative Commons Context triple: [Creative Commons license, developedBy, Creative Commons]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| develops |
CC0 public domain dedication
ⓘ
Creative Commons license ⓘ
surface form:
Creative Commons licenses
Creative Commons self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Public Domain Mark
|
| 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
ⓘ
surface form:
San Francisco, California, United States
|
| hasBoardChair | Lawrence Lessig ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
attribution
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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 |
Creative Commons
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
CC Search (now integrated into Openverse)
Creative Commons License Chooser ⓘ |
| hasProgram |
Creative Commons
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Creative Commons Global Network
Open Culture program ⓘ Open Education program ⓘ Open GLAM program ⓘ Open Science program ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Mountain View
ⓘ
surface form:
Mountain View, California, United States
|
| inception | 2001 ⓘ |
| legalForm | 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization ⓘ |
| licenseAppliesTo |
audio
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data ⓘ educational resources ⓘ images ⓘ software documentation ⓘ text ⓘ video ⓘ |
| licenseFamily |
Creative Commons license
ⓘ
surface form:
CC0
Creative Commons license ⓘ
surface form:
Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)
Creative Commons license ⓘ
surface form:
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives (CC BY-ND)
Creative Commons license ⓘ
surface form:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)
Creative Commons license ⓘ
surface form:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND)
Creative Commons license ⓘ
surface form:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA)
Creative Commons license ⓘ
surface form:
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA)
Creative Commons self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Public Domain Mark
|
| licenseType |
copyleft-compatible licenses
ⓘ
non-copyleft licenses ⓘ |
| motto | When we share, everyone wins ⓘ |
| operatesInArea |
copyright law
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open culture ⓘ open data ⓘ open education ⓘ open licensing ⓘ |
| supports |
cultural heritage digitization
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open access publishing ⓘ open data initiatives ⓘ open educational resources ⓘ |
| website | https://creativecommons.org ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Creative Commons Description of subject: Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that provides free, standardized copyright licenses to help creators legally share and reuse their work.
Referenced by (35)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.