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Tentatively, the following licenses are known to meet the criteria set out by the [[definition]]: | |||
* [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ Creative Commons Attribution License] | |||
* [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License] | |||
* [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html GNU Free Documentation License] | |||
* [http://artlibre.org/licence/lal/en/ Free Art License] | |||
* All [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html free software licenses], including the GNU GPL, the BSD license, and various others. These are sometimes also used for works which are not software. | |||
In addition, works in the [[w:public domain|public domain]] are also free content as per the definition. | |||
To be verified: | |||
* [http://www.wikiweise.de/wiki/Wikiweise%3AFreie%20Wiki-Lizenz Freie Wiki-Lizenz] | |||
Controversial: | |||
* [http://www.freecreations.org/Against_DRM.html Against DRM license] - very vague, legally speaking, about what exactly it tries to forbid. If it forbids use even for developing DRM, bundling with DRM, etc., it is not a free content license. | |||
Revision as of 12:02, 25 April 2006
Tentatively, the following licenses are known to meet the criteria set out by the definition:
- Creative Commons Attribution License
- Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- GNU Free Documentation License
- Free Art License
- All free software licenses, including the GNU GPL, the BSD license, and various others. These are sometimes also used for works which are not software.
In addition, works in the public domain are also free content as per the definition.
To be verified:
Controversial:
- Against DRM license - very vague, legally speaking, about what exactly it tries to forbid. If it forbids use even for developing DRM, bundling with DRM, etc., it is not a free content license.