Definition of Free Cultural Works logo
The Definition of Free Cultural Works is a definition of free content put forth by Erik Möller[1] and published on the website freedomdefined.org.
The first draft of the Definition of Free Cultural Works was published 3 April 2006.[2] Richard Stallman, Lawrence Lessig, Angela Beesley[3] and others helped the project. The 1.0 and 1.1 versions were published in English and translated into some languages.[4]
The Definition of Free Cultural Works is used by the Wikimedia Foundation.[5] In 2008, the Attribution and Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons licenses were marked as "Approved for Free Cultural Works".[6] Afterward, Wikipedia migrated to the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license.
Approved licenses
Notes
See also
External links
