List of free-content licences
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This is a list of free-content licences not specifically intended for software. For information on software-related licences, see Comparison of free and open-source software licenses.
A variety of free-content licences exist, some of them tailored to a specific purpose. Also listed are open-hardware licences, which may be used on design documents of and custom-made software for open-source hardware.
For documents and text
- FreeBSD Documentation License
- GNU Free Documentation License, or GFDL
- GNU Simpler Free Documentation License, or GSFDL
- Open Content License, obsolete
- Open Publication License, obsolete
For any type of content
- Against DRM license
- Creative Commons licenses which are considered free:
- Creative Commons Attribution, or CC BY
- Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike, or CC BY-SA
- Creative Commons Zero, or CC0[1]
- Creative Archive Licence, discontinued licence of the BBC Archive
- Design Science License
- Free Art License
- Korean Open Access License
- MirOS Licence
- WTFPL
For fonts
For hardware
For tabletop games
Other content
- Open Audio License, for audio
- Open Database License, or ODbL, for databases
Some free software licences, including the GNU General Public License (GPL) and European Union Public Licence (EUPL), can also be used to license content other than software. However, the FSF has recommended against using the GPL for educational works.[2]
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