Creative commons is a non-profit organization located in Mountain view California. The latest licenses that Creative commons is offering is the Attribution license.

Creative Commons licenses do not affect exceptions and limitations to copyright laws as this was already taken into account when the Creative Commons license was drafter. You can find more information from the Creative Commons section of the Wikipedia website.

There are nine free vector sites currently listed that use Creative Commons attribution licenses. Creative Commons allows photographers, and illustrators or creators of any content to license their work and tag it so that it is easily accessible online.

The most accommodating, or flexible, Creative Commons License is the attribution license. It allows for anyone to use, distribute, or build upon an existing work as long as you give credit to the original creator. In total, there are six different Creative Commons Licenses. The Creative Commons website provides more information about the use and restrictions for each license type.

Creative Commons was created in December 2002.