CC0-1.0 or CC0 gives people who want to give up their copyrights a way to do so, to the maximum extent allowed by law. If you applied CC0 to a work that you created or otherwise legally owned, it is no longer yours in a meaningful legal sense - i.e. it can be regarded as public domain.

Anyone can then use the work in any way and for any purpose, including commercial purposes (see non-commercial clause for comparison). CC0 can be regarded as the "no rights reserved" option.

CC0 is a release or waiver, and not technically a license, but is sometimes grouped with licenses as they serve a similar purpose.

To use CC0[edit | edit source]

  • For online content, follow the steps to make a waiver, then insert the resulting HTML code on your site (e.g. on a footer or sidebar). This will display the "mark".
  • For offline uses or PDFs, follow the same steps, and copy the text and image.

External links[edit | edit source]

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Authors Chris Watkins
License CC-BY-SA-3.0
Language English (en)
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Created September 13, 2010 by Chris Watkins
Modified January 24, 2023 by Irene Delgado
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