Creative Commons

Nonprofit building a global digital commons.

Technologies
python, javascript, php, css, wordpress
Topics
web, nonprofit, copyleft, creative commons, legal
Nonprofit building a global digital commons.
Creative Commons (CC) is a United States-based nonprofit 501(c)3 organization that provides open content copyright licenses, public domain tools, and resources on copyright and information literacy in the digital age. Our free, easy-to-use copyright licenses provide a simple, standardized way for all creators, authors, and producers of knowledge assets and cultural works to give the public permission to share and use their works on conditions of their choice. CC licenses work in tandem with copyright, allowing creators to easily and legally change copyright terms from the default of “all rights reserved” to “some rights reserved” to best suit their needs. In addition to the ongoing development and improvement of legal and technical tools for sharing, CC runs programs to put these tools into use in the world, and to mainstream open access, broad sharing, and reuse of creative works and knowledge assets. CC’s programmatic work encompasses outreach, trainings, partnerships, and much more, targeted to achieve measurable impact in improving affordable access to and enhancing reuse of content by anyone, anywhere, towards a more informed, culturally enriched, and productive society. All of CC’s work is amplified by a diverse and global network of volunteer affiliate groups.
2024 Program

Successful Projects

Contributor
Naisha Sinha
Mentor
Timid Robot
Organization
Creative Commons
Automating Quantifying the Commons
Quantifying the Commons — an initiative emerging from the UC Berkeley Data Science Discovery Program — aims to quantify the frequency of open domain...
Contributor
Ayush Sahu (Murdock9803)
Mentor
possumbilities
Organization
Creative Commons
Modernize CC Resource Archive
The goal of this GSOC program is to modernize the CC Resource Archive website by implementing a comprehensive visual overhaul to align with current...
Contributor
amandayclee
Mentor
Timid Robot, Shafiya
Organization
Creative Commons
Create Local Ansible Dev Environment Using Docker
One of the most important workflows for developing software is having a proper development environment. This project aims to create a set of Ansible...