Creative Commons is a widely used and accessible form of global license to allows others to use your work, while you still retain copyright. There are six different Creative Commons licenses.
When you assign a Creative Commons license to a work as the copyright holder, you dictate the requirements under which your work may be used by others worldwide. Every Creative Commons license has the main requirement that attribution is mandatory.
The Creative Commons website provides a license selection tool that you can use to decide which license best suits your situation.
Once assigned, Creative Commons licenses cannot be revoked.
