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Creative Commons
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The nonprofit behind the licenses & tools the world uses to share 🌍
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Open Heritage Statement
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January 8, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Image: Photo by Jocelyn Miyara/Creative Commons, 2025, CC BY 4.0.
December 31, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Imagee: “Science Center” by slava, CC BY 2.0, Flickr.
December 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The opportunity to expand efforts around open climate data is greater than ever, and we are proud to be part of this growing momentum worldwide. ⛅
December 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Advising several organizations on licensing and policy, including the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), ECMWF, EUMETSAT, Australia Bureau of Meteorology, WMO Africa, Intertidal, and others!
December 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Working with the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) to strengthen openness across their reporting system through clearer licensing practices. This will help researchers around the world access and build upon current climate science.
December 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM

Partnering with world’s largest climate data producers during the development of our Recommendations for Better Sharing of Climate Data, a valuable resource for everyone publishing and using open data (a more generalized report for all research data is forthcoming!).
December 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Key wins include: advising the Group on Earth Observations as they make it easy for their 100+ member organizations to follow global data sharing principles with CC licensing. Their data platform is expected to be a role model when it comes to usage of licenses, attributions, and related metadata.
December 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Image: “Museum” by Karen_O’D, CC BY 2.0, Flickr.
December 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
“Kaleidoscope 2” by Sheila Sund is licensed under CC BY 2.0, remixed by Creative Commons licensed under CC BY 4.0.
December 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM