The '''Creative Commons''' license is a limited [[license]] that the author of a created work may grant to members of the general public for limited uses of his work without his express written permission. It differs from the category of [[public domain]] in that the author reserves some rights to himself by granting such a license.
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'''Creative Commons''' is a non-profit organisation, best known for their publicly reusable licences, that promote the legal sharing and improvement on creative works. The licences used do not replace copyright, but rather place a series of "terms-and conditions" that the author may impose on their creative works, instead of using a generic "all rights reserved" policy, resulting in a low-overhead, simple to use licence that can be exported almost anywhere.