License library / Creative Commons
Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic
Copy, distribute, perform and make derivative works, including commercially, as long as you give the original author credit and include the license or its URI. Common on Flickr.
SPDX CC-BY-2.0 Version 2.0 Official text
Uses at a glance
| commercial use | Permitted |
|---|---|
| production deployment | Permitted |
| modification / derivatives | Permitted |
| redistribution | Permitted |
| sublicensing | Prohibited |
| AI model training | Needs human review |
| inference-time use (RAG, prompts, generation) | Permitted |
Why some uses need review
AI model training. Creative Commons licenses grant rights to reproduce and adapt the material, with conditions that apply when it or an adaptation is shared. Whether training a model creates an adaptation, and how attribution applies to a trained model or its output, is not settled; Creative Commons notes that training may also fall under exceptions such as fair use. A human reviewer should confirm this use for your case.
Duties
- give attribution / keep the notice
- license notice
- no additional restrictions
Notes
- You may not sublicense the work; each recipient is offered a license directly from the licensor (section 4(a)).
- You may not apply terms or technological measures that restrict recipients from exercising the licensed rights (section 4(a)).
Resources under this license
No resource in the registry is published under this license yet.
For agents
curl -s https://www.rightshold.com/v1/licenses/check -H 'content-type: application/json' \
-d '{"license":"CC-BY-2.0","intended_use":{"commercial_use":true,"deployment":true}}'Reading version 2026-10-09 by the Rightshold rights desk; reference hash b0480cee8bca69e9de94aa629162fb613e4781f46924eacd7e44a93e12dd41a8 identifies this license version. The license text governs; this is not legal advice.