In 2002, CC published the free and public Creative Commons licenses, allowing creators to keep their copyright, while sharing their works in a more flexible way. The underlying idea was to create an easy way for creators who wanted to share their works in a consistent way with copyright law. The CC licenses enables a creator to give other people the right to share, use, and build upon a work that he or she has created. The CC licenses help to create a global commons and signal a set of values and a different way of operating.
