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The Creative Commons License refers to the name of several Copyright licenses released on December 16 , 2002 by '' Creative Commons '', a U.S. Non-profit corporation founded in 2001 . These licenses all grant certain baseline rights , such as the right to distribute the copyrighted work on File Sharing networks. The rest of the license depends on the version, and is comprised of a selection of four conditions:
Mixing and matching these conditions produces sixteen possible combinations, of which eleven are valid Creative Commons licenses. Of the five invalid combinations, four include both the "nd" and "sa" clauses, which are mutually exclusive; and one includes none of the clauses, which is equivalent to releasing one's work into the Public Domain . Five of the eleven valid licenses (the ones that lack the Attribution element) have been phased out because 98% of licensors requested Attribution, but are still available for viewing on the website {Link without Title} . None of the Creative Commons licenses have been certified by the Open Source Initiative . The Debian GNU/ Linux Distribution does not believe that it adheres to the Debian Free Software Guidelines . The Free Software Foundation recommends the licenses for creative works other than Software and Software Documentation , provided the "nc" and "nd" options are not used. {Link without Title} Creative Commons licenses are currently available under twenty different jurisdictions worldwide, with eleven others under development. {Link without Title} OTHER LICENSES Creative Commons also offers a number of "special" licenses, as well as an easy way to deposit material into the public domain. The special licenses are:
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