This is a list of free-content licenses not specifically intended for software. For information on software-related licenses, see Comparison of free and open-source software licenses.
A variety of free-content licenses exist, some of them tailored to a specific purpose. Also listed are open-hardware licenses, which may be used on design documents of and custom-made software for open-source hardware.
List For documents and text FreeBSD Documentation License GNU Free Documentation License, or GFDL GNU Simpler Free Documentation License, or GSFDL Open Content License, obsolete Open Publication License, obsolete
For any type of content Against DRM license Creative Commons licenses which are considered free: Creative Commons Attribution, or CC BY Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike, or CC BY-SA Creative Commons Zero, or CC0CC0 is technically not a license, although it is often called one. The legal code of CC0 does contain a "Public License Fallback" clause, which will act as a free-content license when a jurisdiction does not recognizes the 'waiving your rights' part for some reason. See also the CC0 FAQ. Creative Archive Licence, discontinued license of the BBC Archive Design Science License Free Art License Korean Open Access License MirOS Licence WTFPL
For fonts Apache License SIL Open Font License Ubuntu Font License See also: GPL font exception
For hardware CERN Open Hardware License Simputer General Public License TAPR Open Hardware License
For tabletop games Dominion Rules Licence Open Game License
Other content Open Audio License, for audio Open Database License, or ODbL, for databases
Using software licenses for other content The FSF, as a party with a mission to proliferate the GPL, has claimed some free software licenses, including the GNU General Public License (GPL) can also be used to license content other than software. However, the FSF has recommended against using the GPL for educational works.
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