Creative Commons Zero
Creative Commons Zero (abbreviated CC0 or CC-0) is a waiver that allows an author to give up copyright, moral rights and related rights to a work, placing their work into public domain.[1] However, CC0 does not waive any patent or trademark rights.[2]
It is often inaccurately labeled a license (likely out of similarity to licenses such as CC-BY-SA) ‒ while it does contain an unconditional, irrevocable, non exclusive, royalty free fallback license in case the waiver is ineffective under a specific law, the main purpose is to give up on copyright entirely, as opposed to granting some rights to others.[3] It can be though of as no rights reserved option.
The latest (and only) version of CC0 is CC0 1.0 Universal (as of 2026-09-14).
According to Creative Commons, CC0 is suitable not only for media, but also for the source code, and is compatible with many free software licenses including the GPL.[4] For public domain software, it is the recommended option by the Free Software Foundation.[5]
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- ↑ https://creativecommons.org/public-domain/cc0/
- ↑ 4.a in CC0 1.0 Universal legal code
- ↑ https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/CC0_FAQ#How_does_it_work.3F
- ↑ https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/CC0_FAQ#May_I_apply_CC0_to_computer_software.3F_If_so.2C_is_there_a_recommended_implementation.3F
- ↑ https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#CC0