CC0
E235951
CC0 is a Creative Commons public domain dedication tool that allows creators to waive all rights to their works worldwide, effectively placing them in the public domain.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Creative Commons Zero | 3 |
| CC0 canonical | 2 |
| CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2122280 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CC0 Context triple: [Public Domain Mark, relatedTo, CC0]
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A.
Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that provides free, standardized copyright licenses to help creators legally share and reuse their work.
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B.
Creative Commons license
A Creative Commons license is a standardized public copyright license that allows creators to grant the public permission to share, use, and sometimes modify their work under specified conditions.
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C.
Apache License 2.0
Apache License 2.0 is a permissive open-source software license from the Apache Software Foundation that allows broad use, modification, and distribution of licensed code with minimal restrictions.
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D.
Creative Commons License Chooser
Creative Commons License Chooser is an online tool that guides users through selecting an appropriate Creative Commons license for their creative works based on their sharing and reuse preferences.
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E.
Apache License 1.1
Apache License 1.1 is an older, permissive open-source software license from the Apache Software Foundation that preceded and was later replaced by Apache License 2.0.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CC0 Target entity description: CC0 is a Creative Commons public domain dedication tool that allows creators to waive all rights to their works worldwide, effectively placing them in the public domain.
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A.
Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that provides free, standardized copyright licenses to help creators legally share and reuse their work.
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B.
Creative Commons license
A Creative Commons license is a standardized public copyright license that allows creators to grant the public permission to share, use, and sometimes modify their work under specified conditions.
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C.
Apache License 2.0
Apache License 2.0 is a permissive open-source software license from the Apache Software Foundation that allows broad use, modification, and distribution of licensed code with minimal restrictions.
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D.
Creative Commons License Chooser
Creative Commons License Chooser is an online tool that guides users through selecting an appropriate Creative Commons license for their creative works based on their sharing and reuse preferences.
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E.
Apache License 1.1
Apache License 1.1 is an older, permissive open-source software license from the Apache Software Foundation that preceded and was later replaced by Apache License 2.0.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Creative Commons tool
ⓘ
legal tool ⓘ public domain dedication tool ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf |
CC0
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Creative Commons Zero
|
| alternativeName |
CC0 1.0
ⓘ
CC0 ⓘ
surface form:
CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
|
| appliesTo |
copyright
ⓘ
related rights ⓘ |
| commercialUseAllowed | yes ⓘ |
| compatibleWith | public domain ⓘ |
| deedURL | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ ⓘ |
| designedFor | jurisdictions where public domain dedication is legally uncertain ⓘ |
| developedBy | Creative Commons ⓘ |
| fullName |
CC0
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Creative Commons Zero
|
| governingLanguage | English legal code with official translations ⓘ |
| hasDisclaimer |
no endorsement
ⓘ
no warranties ⓘ |
| hasVersion | CC0 1.0 Universal ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Creative Commons public domain tools ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | international ⓘ |
| legalCodeURL | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode ⓘ |
| licenseType |
copyright waiver
ⓘ
public domain dedication ⓘ |
| name | CC0 1.0 Universal ⓘ |
| publisher | Creative Commons ⓘ |
| purpose |
to allow creators to waive all rights to their works worldwide
ⓘ
to place works effectively in the public domain ⓘ |
| replaces | ad hoc public domain statements ⓘ |
| requiresAttribution | no ⓘ |
| requiresShareAlike | no ⓘ |
| requiresSourceCodeDisclosure | no ⓘ |
| rightsGranted |
copy
ⓘ
distribute ⓘ modify ⓘ perform ⓘ use for any purpose ⓘ |
| royaltyFree | yes ⓘ |
| scope | worldwide ⓘ |
| typicalUsers |
artists
ⓘ
cultural institutions ⓘ researchers ⓘ software developers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cultural works
ⓘ
data ⓘ databases ⓘ open access datasets ⓘ scientific publications ⓘ software ⓘ |
| version | 1.0 ⓘ |
| waivesCopyright | yes ⓘ |
| waivesRelatedRights | yes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: CC0 Description of subject: CC0 is a Creative Commons public domain dedication tool that allows creators to waive all rights to their works worldwide, effectively placing them in the public domain.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Creative Commons Zero
this entity surface form:
CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
this entity surface form:
Creative Commons Zero