Creative Commons Licence.

Overview

Creative Commons licenses are several copyright licenses released on December 16, 2002 by Creative Commons, a U.S. non-profit corporation founded in 2001.
Many of the licenses, notably all the original licenses, grant certain "baseline rights", such as the right to distribute the copyrighted work without changes, at no charge. Some of the newer licenses do not grant these rights.
Creative Commons licenses are currently available in 43 different jurisdictions worldwide, with more than nineteen others under development.Licenses for jurisdictions outside of the United States are under the purview of Creative Commons International.

International Creative Commons.

Creative Commons International, or CCi, is a "port" for Creative Commons Licenses to different copyright legislations around the world. Creative Commons (CC) is a non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The CCi is led by director Catharina Maracke and volunteer teams work in each CCi jurisdictions (in most cases countries or nation states).


really great sumariseations from the Creative Commons UK website!