| Description | Short name | Attribution Required | Allows Remix culture | Allows commercial use | Allows Free Cultural Works | Meets the OKF ‘Open Definition‘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freeing content globally without restrictions | CC0 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Attribution alone | BY | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Attribution + ShareAlike | BY-SA | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Attribution + Noncommercial | BY-NC | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Attribution + Noncommercial + ShareAlike | BY-NC-SA | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Attribution + NoDerivatives | BY-ND | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| Attribution + Noncommercial + NoDerivatives | BY-NC-ND | Yes | No | No | No | No |