Creative Commons

Purpose

Creative Commons (CC) allows its users to utilize the Internets full capabilities of sharing information with others and allowing that information to advance others work.

History

The Name

Creative Commons is a common place for its users' information. The term commons is used because that is what the company set out to create; a common place where professional works can be accessed, and as there website says " copied, distributed, edited, remixed, and built upon".

References

<a rel="cc:attributionURL" property="cc:attributionName" href="http://creativecommons.org">Creative Commons</a> / <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/">CC BY 3.0</a>